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SEVEN MILES DOWN by

SEVEN MILES DOWN

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Pub Date: Jan. 31st, 1961
Publisher: Putnam

A book dealing with scientific developments in oceanography and the field of deep ships. It tells the story of the FNRS 2, 3 and of their successor, the Trieste, and its subsequent two mile dive. Beyond tested capabilities, the Trieste touched bottom at 37,800 feet. There is an appendix of technical descriptions of the Trieste, tables of her dives and photographs.