• @Blue_Morpho
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    25 months ago

    That’s interesting! Because of Johnny Quest I always thought bathyspheres were used into the 50’s and 60’s. I feel like I saw them in other TV’s and movies from the 60’s. Google says there was even a 1980’s movie with one.

    But it was used a few times in the 30’s and never again.

    • dantheclammanOPM
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      15 months ago

      Yes, similar designs and other diving bells have been used in all sorts of applications; this was just the first to use this name and have other features that became standard, such as the fully enclosed spherical design