Contents 



Chapter 

 Introduction 



Page 



XI 



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4 



5 

 6 



7 



Part One 



FROM THE STRATOSPHERE TO THE 



SEA-BED 



In the Stratosphere . 



Man Beneath the Waters . 



The Principle of the Bathyscaphe 



The Construction of the FNRS 2 



En Route for Dakar . 



Diving at Cape Verde 



ThQ FNRS 3 .... 



I 



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40 



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I 



2 



3 



4 



5 

 6 



7 



Part Two 



THE TRIESTE 



The Float 



The Cabin 



Equipment of the Cabin 



Off to Castellammare di Stabia 



The First Dives of the Trieste 



Diving to 594 Fathoms off Capri 



Diving to 1700 Fathoms 



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 113 



125 



Part Three 



IN THE FUTURE 



1 What the Dolphin Taught Us . 



2 The Mesoscaphe, the Submarine Helicopter 



3 The Oceanography of Tomorrow 



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