. The Composition of sea-water : comparative and descriptive oceanography. Seawater -- Composition. SECT. 5] DEEP SUBMERSIBLE* FOR OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH 503. Fig. 5. Diagram of the interior arrangement of the bathyscaph Trieste's Krupp sphere showing starboard and port views. (Drawing by Ateliers de Constructions Mecanique de Vevey, Switz.) 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. Control panel for lights. Control panel for the ballast and miscellaneous equipment. Control panel for the propulsion motors. Diverse equipments. Reserve alkali for absorption of carbon dioxide. Chronometer. Instrument for r
. The Composition of sea-water : comparative and descriptive oceanography. Seawater -- Composition. SECT. 5] DEEP SUBMERSIBLE* FOR OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH 503. Fig. 5. Diagram of the interior arrangement of the bathyscaph Trieste's Krupp sphere showing starboard and port views. (Drawing by Ateliers de Constructions Mecanique de Vevey, Switz.) 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. Control panel for lights. Control panel for the ballast and miscellaneous equipment. Control panel for the propulsion motors. Diverse equipments. Reserve alkali for absorption of carbon dioxide. Chronometer. Instrument for recording the amount of ballast expended. Pressure gauges. Instrument to measure the carbon dioxide level inside the sphere. High-pressure tube for connecting the pressure gauges with the outside water. Leadthrough for electric cables entering the cabin from the outside. Telephone. Motion picture camera. Still camera. Various oceanographic instruments. Multi-channel recorder. Water-current meter. 18. Electric thermometer. 19. Pendulum to indicate any departure of the cabin from a level position. 20. Battery rack and silver-zinc batteries. 21. Bottles of compressed air for blowing the entrance chamber. 22. Oxygen for breathing. 23. Alkali for carbon-dioxide absorption. 24. Electric control panel. 25. Acoustic telephone (wireless). 26. Ultrasonic echo-sounder. 27. Various electronic oceanographic equip- ment. 28. Tachometer for measuring vertical speed of ascent or descent. 29. Indirect interior lighting. 30. Supports of the cabin's instrument rack. 31. Seat. 32. Flooring of the cabin. 33. Shell of the sphere. 34. Entrance door. 35. Windows. A. Trieste's Cabin The crew of the Trieste is encapsulated in a spherical watertight chamber. This cabin or gondola is forged of steel alloyed with nickel, chromium and molybdenum. Two spheres have been constructed for the Trieste, both with an exterior diameter of m. The first wa forged in two hemispherical sections. Please note that the
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