10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MESOSCAPHE»
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mesoscaphe in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The Britannica Guide to Explorers and Explorations That ...
Jacques Piccard and the Mesoscaphe In addition to his work on bathyscaphes,
Jacques Piccard, along with his father, Auguste Piccard, also invented the
mesoscaphe, an undersea diving vessel for exploring middle depths that
suspended ...
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Oceans and Oceanography
and who also invented the mesoscaphe, an undersea vessel for exploring middle
depths. Jacques Piccard was born in Brussels while his Swiss- born father was a
professor at the University of Brussels. After graduating from the École ...
After many interviews, in which I obtained full details of his exploits, I visited his
mesoscaphe Ben Franklin during its construction in Long Island's Grumman
plants and then, on its departure for the GulfStream, I went to Palm Beach to see
him ...
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Modern Marine Science: Exploring the Deep
Although Jacques Piccard remained a consultant to the U.S. Navy until 1966, he
returned to Switzerland soon after the Mariana dive and began working with his
father on a different type of craft, which they called a mesoscaphe, or “middle ...
5
Hearings: Interior Dept
Of all the findings to be achieved through a research mesoscaphe, it can be said
that the most important will surely be those which have not yet been conceived.
There are other compelling reasons for the development of a research uieso- ...
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations, 1963
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Department of the Interior and Related Agencies ...
There are other compelling reasons for the development of a research
mesoscaphe. The operational requirements of a research mesoscaphe are such
that an atomic powerplant is indicated as the power source. This peaceful use of
atomic ...
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations, 1963
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Britannica Book of the Year 2009
He introduced his first mesoscaphe, the Auguste Piccard, at the 1964 Swiss
National Exhibition in Lausanne. In 1969 Piccard drifted some 3,000 km (1,800
mi) along the east coast of North America in the mesoscaphe Ben Franklin,
conducting ...
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc, 2009
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Explorers in the 20th and 21st Centuries: From Auguste ...
His first mesoscaphe, the Auguste Piccard, capable of carrying 40 passengers,
trans— ported some 33,000 tourists through the depths of Lake Geneva during
the 1964 Swiss National Exhibition in Lausanne. In 1969 he drifted some 1,800 ...
Britannica Educational Publishing, Kenneth Pletcher, 2013
The exploits of such Navy vehicles as the Trieste II and Alvin and such
commercial vehicles as the Aluminaut and the Mesoscaphe have focused public
attention on the possibilities for deep vehicles. Of equal import, has been the man
- ...
mersible chambers like the mesoscaphe, for making oceanographic observations
; determination of physical, chemical, and biological interrelationships in
estuaries; and cooperation with Navy, Coast and Geodetic Survey, National
Science ...
United States. Congress. House, 1964
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MESOSCAPHE»
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mesoscaphe is used in the context of the following news items.
A family piles up the records
Auguste and Jacques Piccard subsequently worked together on the mesoscaphe "Auguste Piccard", designed by the father and built by the son ... «Swissinfo, Nov 09»
Jacques Piccard
In 1969 Piccard was in the mesoscaphe which travelled for four weeks, at a depth of 1,000ft, from the coast of Florida to Nova Scotia. The aim ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Nov 08»
