Contents 



1. A WONDERER UNDER SEA 3 



2. THE FIRST DIVERS 20 



3. PROTO-BATHYSPHERES 42 



4. THE KINGDOM OF THE HELMET 66 



5. THE BIRTH OF THE BATHYSPHERE 87 



6. A FIRST ROUND TRIP TO DAVY JONES's LOCKER 99 



7. CONTOUR DIVING I38 



8. RENAISSANCE 1 46 



9. AT THE END OF THE SPECTRUM I 57 



10. THE BATHYSPHERE BROADCAST 1 76 



11. A DESCENT INTO PERPETUAL NIGHT 1 8 I 



APPENDICES 



A. COURTESIES OF 1 9 34 227 



B. THE BATHYSPHERE OFI93O 23I 



by Otis Barton 



