Prof, Piccard to Go Down in Metal Sphere Brussels, Mar. 6.
Not satisfied with having explored the stratosphere, Professor Auguste Piccard, famous Belgian scientist, now intends to go to the other extreme and collect scientific data at the bottom of the sea.
The Professor, accompanied by ar assistant, will descend to the. deepest ocean beds in a metal sphere about Sift. in diameter, capable of res ing a pressure of 4% tons per square inch, which corresponds to a depth of about 10.000 yards, and is 1.0% is times more than normal atmosphere pressure.
Initial test descents will be mad: in the Leman Lake, near Lausanne in Switzerland, at a depth of about 300 yards. These tests will be made with an empty sphere. The Profes sor will then attempt to descend to a depth of about 6000 yard at a spot south of the Canary Islands, this descent to be followed by c drop of 8000 yards off Porto Rice Finally the Professor will descend 9600 yards in the Pacific Ocean.
Professor Piccard intends to effect his descents at a speed of one yard per second. The first official descent will be made in the summer of 1939.
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