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Aug. 08, 1953 - Professor Piccard's Bathysphere Is Launched In Italy: Professor Piccard's bathysphere, the vessel in which the professor hopes to explore the dephs of the Tyrrhenean Sea, and set up a record dive of 13, 000-ft. was launched at Castellamare di Stabia, Italy. The vessel consists of two main parts - a cigar-shaped structure of watertight compartments which will house the special liquid which will be used for surfacing, and a lower part which is the actual sphere from which observations will be made. Photo shows The Professor's bathysphere is lowered on to the water during the launching operations at Castellamare di Stabia, Italy

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