A bathysphere is a spherical deep-sea diving submersible which is lowered into bodies of water with a cable. Bathyspheres have a variety of uses, usually including the study of underwater life. For other uses, see sphere (disambiguation). ... Diving has several meanings:- Jumping or falling deliberately, often acrobatically, into water. ...

At extreme depths, the cable becomes unmanageable. Deeper dives must be performed by self-propelled vehicles such as a bathyscaphe. Trieste A bathyscape or bathyscaphe is a self-propelled deep-sea diving submersible, consisting of a crew cabin similar to a bathysphere suspended below a float filled with a buoyant liquid such as petrol. ...

The term bathysphere is composed from the Greek words βάθος (bathys), "depth" and σφαίρα (sphaira), "sphere".

The first bathysphere was built by Otis Barton and William Beebe in 1930. William Beebe (July 29, 1877 – June 4, 1962), American naturalist, explorer, and author. ...

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References

• Brad Matsen. Descent - The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss. Pantheon Books. (2005).

See also

• Timeline of underwater technology
• Diving bell

Timeline of underwater technology // Pre-industrial Several centuries BC: (Relief carvings made at this time show Assyrian soldiers crossing rivers using inflated goatskin floats. ... Diving bell A diving bell is a cable suspended watertight chamber, open at the bottom, that is lowered underwater to operate as a base or a means of transport for a small number of divers. ...

External links

Look up bathysphere in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

• An article about deep sea explorer William Beebe