Model of Bathyscaphe "Trieste"
- designer:
- Auguste Piccard and Jacques Piccard
Model of the bathyscaphe the 'Trieste' (1953), designed by Auguste and Jacques Piccard at Naples, model made by Ley Kenyon, 1960-1969
Cut-away model of the bathyscaphe 'Trieste, 1953. Purchased by the US Navy in 1958.
Details
- Category:
- Water Transport
- Object Number:
- 1969-130
- Materials:
- plastic (unidentified), copper (alloy), plaster, stainless steel and paint
- Measurements:
-
overall: 300 mm x 600 mm x 140 mm,
- type:
- submersibles, bathyscaphes and prototypes
- credit:
- Kenyon, Ley