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Model of Bathyscaphe "Trieste"

Made:
1960-1969 in Naples, Naples, Campania and England
designer:
Auguste Piccard
and
Jacques Piccard
Model of Bathyscaphe "Trieste", Auguste Picard, Jacques Picard, Naples, Campania, Italy, 1953. From a colour

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Model of Bathyscaphe "Trieste", Auguste Picard, Jacques Picard, Naples, Campania, Italy, 1953. From a colour
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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:
copper (alloy), paint, plaster, plastic (unidentified) and stainless steel
type:
submersibles
taxonomy:
  • furnishing and equipment
  • vehicle - transportation
credit:
Kenyon, Ley

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