Sep. 09, 1953 - Prof. Piccard Goes Under the Sea to a Depth of 5,450...

Sep. 09, 1953 - Prof. Piccard Goes Under the Sea to a Depth of 5,450 Feet.: Professor Piccard, the Swiss physicist, accompanied by his son Jacques, recently made his first deep-sea dive in his bathysphere” Triests”, and succeeded in reaching a depth of 1,052 meters, (3,450 feet). The point of descents was a few miles south of Capri, the bathysphere having been towed there during the night from its base at Castellanmare di Stabia. Professor Piccard said afterwards that the bathysphere reached the sea bottom.Photo shows Professor Piccard, wearing his biofical spectacles, seen after the dive.