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Dec. 12 Mesoscaph II on way to U.S.A. The Mesoscaph II, denomination PX-15, constructed by the famous professor Jacques Piccard, left the workshop of Monthey, near Lausanne, Switzerland, for Anvera, from where it will be shipped to Palm Beach, Florida, where it will be used for subomarine investigations. ThePX-15, which weighs 130 tons, and has a maximum speed of 5 knots. is 16 metres long and 3 metres in diameter. It can dive normally to 2, 200 feet deep. and can be equipped with six man. Photo shows A Folkloristic farewell to the PX-15, at Mothey, Amidst the girls is Jacques Piccard

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