The bathyscaphe Trieste, built in 1953, set a world record on January 23, 1960, when it descended 10,915 m. From LearnThat.org. [http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761573707]
Yes, that one's mine, and I think I should get extra points for using the word bathyscaphe in a joke. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-09-01] Reference
But it IS self-propelled after a fashion...thus "bathyscaphe" is probably more accurate. From Wordnik.com. [The BSNYC Absentee Art Exhibition (Part III)] Reference
CHAPTER X At half past six I left the bathyscaphe. From Wordnik.com. [Fear is the Key]
The Olympia was, in effect, a space-going bathyscaphe. From Wordnik.com. [Three Worlds To Conquer]
I was aboard it, but I didn't work on the bathyscaphe itself. From Wordnik.com. [Fear is the Key]
Vyland seemed more than content to leave the running of the bathyscaphe to me. From Wordnik.com. [Fear is the Key]
The bathyscaphe would never have been able to get above three hundred feet again. From Wordnik.com. [Fear is the Key]
I am told they found the three of us lying unconscious on the floor of the bathyscaphe. From Wordnik.com. [Fear is the Key]
It worked, but the lightening of the weight made no difference, the bathyscaphe didn't budge. From Wordnik.com. [Fear is the Key]
I said: "So your engineer is dead and now you need a driver, shall we say, for your bathyscaphe?". From Wordnik.com. [Fear is the Key]
Now that he had his wishes answered and the bathyscaphe a going concern Vyland didn't like it at all. From Wordnik.com. [Fear is the Key]
At twenty past three I dropped once more down into the bathyscaphe and pulled the hatch cover tight behind me. From Wordnik.com. [Fear is the Key]
Oh, I admit a child could steer and lower and raise the bathyscaphe once he'd read the instructions, but salvage is no job for amateurs. From Wordnik.com. [Fear is the Key]
The bathyscaphe had been rocking gently, through maybe a three or four degree arc in a fore-and-aft line when suddenly the movement ceased altogether. From Wordnik.com. [Fear is the Key]
I sat down on a canvas chair, I didn't want to start the delicate job of taking the bathyscaphe up till the air -- and my mind -- was completely clear. From Wordnik.com. [Fear is the Key]
At depths of a hundred feet or over, wave-motion is rarely or never felt: but the rocking of that bathyscaphe was unmistakable, though very gentle indeed. From Wordnik.com. [Fear is the Key]
The general and Kennedy weren't going to pull any fast ones when Vyland and Royale were down there with me in the bathyscaphe, they'd stay there under gun-point until we returned. From Wordnik.com. [Fear is the Key]
The bathyscaphe Trieste spent 20 minutes at the bottom of Challenger Deep. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference
Their dive, aboard the Navy bathyscaphe Trieste, took place on January 23, 1960. From Wordnik.com. [CNET News.com]
The men descended nearly seven miles in the Navy bathyscaphe Trieste on Jan. 23, 1960. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News]
Jacques Piccard (right) pictured with Don Walsh, pictured inside the bathyscaphe Trieste at the bottom of the. From Wordnik.com. [UnderwaterTimes.com News of the Underwater World] Reference
On Jan. 23, 1960, the Swiss-Italian-made bathyscaphe (BATH'-ih-skahf) Trieste, owned and operated by the U.S. From Wordnik.com. [CBS 2 - KCAL 9 - Los Angeles - Southern California - LA Breaking News, Weather, Traffic, Sports] Reference
In 1960 Jacques Piccard reached the bottom of the Mariana Trench, 6.78 miles down, in the bathyscaphe Trieste. From Wordnik.com. [TreeHugger] Reference
Jacques Piccard helped his father invent the bathyscaphe, a vessel that allows humans to descend to great depths. From Wordnik.com. [The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public] Reference
In January 1960, Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh made the first and only manned voyage in a Swiss-built bathyscaphe known as the Trieste. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference
Piccard helped his father, the famous physicist Auguste Piccard, invent the bathyscaphe, a vessel which allows humans to descend to great depths. From Wordnik.com. [Macleans.ca] Reference
Auguste Piccard's great bathyscaphe, the Trieste, made several descents in the Atlantic Ocean, but its greatest moment came after it was acquired and redesigned by the U.S. Navy. From Wordnik.com. [Kentucky.com: Homepage] Reference
"No. The only brilliant thing was stealing the bathyscaphe. From Wordnik.com. [Fear is the Key]
"And equally of course you have the bathyscaphe somewhere near here. From Wordnik.com. [Fear is the Key]
Would you mind telling me what in the world you want a bathyscaphe for? ". From Wordnik.com. [Fear is the Key]
People do not expect to see a bathyscaphe being towed by a private yacht. ". From Wordnik.com. [Fear is the Key]
It was Jablonsky who thought that it would be real kind and helpful of us if we could provide a bathyscaphe for you to do the job. ". From Wordnik.com. [Fear is the Key]
I said, as if a great light had suddenly dawned upon me: "Have you -- were you the people responsible for the loss of this bathyscaphe?. From Wordnik.com. [Fear is the Key]
"So the bathyscaphe," Vyland smiled. From Wordnik.com. [Fear is the Key]
The bathyscaphe is moored below that. ". From Wordnik.com. [Fear is the Key]
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