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Otis Barton, American diver, engineer, and actor, designed the bathysphere (died 1992)
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Otis Barton
American diver and actor (1899–1992)
Frederick Otis Barton Jr. was an American deep-sea diver, inventor and actor.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Bathysphere
Unpowered spherical deep-sea observation submersible lowered on a cable
The Bathysphere was a unique spherical deep-sea submersible which was unpowered and lowered into the ocean on a cable, and was used to conduct a series of dives off the coast of Bermuda from 1930 to 1934. The Bathysphere was designed in 1928 and 1929 by the American engineer…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)