The Belgian ship Scaldis was due to sail from Antwerp last week. The important cargo was the "bathyscaphe" designed by Professor Auguste ("Captain Nemo") Piccard, 64, of balloon fame.* In the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa, the bathyscaphe will be lowered overboard with the professor and his coadventurer, Professor Max Cosyns, inside. Piccard expects to descend to a depth of 2½ miles.
The bathyscaphe, long abuilding (TIME, July 8, 1946; Aug. 18, 1947) is a steel sphere 6½ feet in outside diameter with thick walls to resist the enormous underwater pressure. It will not...
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