Acknowledgments 



TH E building of the Trieste and the carrying out of its dives was 

 only possible because of the intelligent and generous support 

 that we found in Switzerland and Italy. 



I particularly wish here to express my warmest gratitude to the 

 Italian Government and to the Italian Navy, as well as to the Swiss 

 Federal Council and its Minister in Rome, M. Celio. 



We received particularly large subsidies^ : 



from the Canton Governments of Basle; Geneva; Neuchatel; and 

 Vaud. 



from the F.I.A.T. (Turin) ; 



from the Foundation for the Development of Swiss National Economy 

 through Scientific Research {Fondation pour le Développe- 

 ment de V Economie nationale Suisse par la Recherche Scienti- 

 fique) (Zurich); 



from the Swiss National Fund for Scientific Research {Fonds National 

 Suisse pour la Recherche Scientifique) (Berne) ; 



The principal parts of the bathyscaphe were furnished by : 

 the Chantiers Réunis de V Adriatique (Trieste-Monfalcone), the float; 

 the Italian Esso Standard, petrol ; 



the * Navalmeccanica ' (Castellammare di Stabia), rigging up and fitting ; 

 the Société Terni, cabin. 



To them, and particularly to the late Mr. Aurelli, and to Messrs. 

 Carmagnini, Ferrentino, Flagiello, Loser, de Lucca, Mandrelli, 

 Perrotta, Rossi, Salvio, Traetta and Trevisan, and to all the personnel 

 of these companies, I should like to express all my gratitude for the 

 disinterestedness with which they participated in our work. 



And finally, the following authorities, institutions, companies, 

 manufacturers and private persons are entitled to our warmest thanks, 

 either for their collaboration or for the subsidies which they granted us : 



To begin with at Trieste : 



S. S. Aquila's 



E. Canz 



1 In alphabetical order. 



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