Born in New York, the independently wealthy Barton designed the first bathysphere and made a dive with William Beebe off Bermuda in June 1930. They set the first record for deep-sea diving by descending 600 ft (180 m). In 1934, they set another record at 3,028 ft (923 m). Barton acted in the 1938 Hollywood movie, Titans of the Deep.
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In 1949, Barton set a new world record with a 4,500 foot (1,372 m) dive in the Pacific Ocean, using his benthoscope (from the Greek benthos, meaning 'sea bottom', and scopein, 'to view'), which was designed by Barton and Maurice Nelles.[2][3]
Barton wrote the book The World Beneath the Sea, published in 1953. Like Beebe, Barton was also interested in exploring tropical rain forests, and spent considerable time in places like Gabon. In 1978, Barton successfully tested a "jungle spaceship" (actually an airship) that was intended to film wildlife.[4]
otis, barton, persons, similar, name, frederick, barton, disambiguation, frederick, june, 1899, april, 1992, american, deep, diver, inventor, actor, bornfrederick, 1899, june, 1899new, york, diedapril, 1992, 1992, aged, alma, materharvard, college, occupation,. For persons of a similar name see Frederick Barton disambiguation Frederick Otis Barton Jr June 5 1899 April 15 1992 was an American deep sea diver inventor and actor Otis BartonBornFrederick Otis Barton Jr 1899 06 05 June 5 1899New York U S DiedApril 15 1992 1992 04 15 aged 92 Alma materHarvard College 1 Occupation s Deep sea diver inventor actor Contents 1 Early life and career 2 Later career 3 Taxon described by him 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External linksEarly life and career editBorn in New York the independently wealthy Barton designed the first bathysphere and made a dive with William Beebe off Bermuda in June 1930 They set the first record for deep sea diving by descending 600 ft 180 m In 1934 they set another record at 3 028 ft 923 m Barton acted in the 1938 Hollywood movie Titans of the Deep Later career editIn 1949 Barton set a new world record with a 4 500 foot 1 372 m dive in the Pacific Ocean using his benthoscope from the Greek benthos meaning sea bottom and scopein to view which was designed by Barton and Maurice Nelles 2 3 Barton wrote the book The World Beneath the Sea published in 1953 Like Beebe Barton was also interested in exploring tropical rain forests and spent considerable time in places like Gabon In 1978 Barton successfully tested a jungle spaceship actually an airship that was intended to film wildlife 4 Taxon described by him editSee Category Taxa named by Frederick Otis Barton Jr References edit Bathysphere and Its Pioneers of the Deep Clara Bush Deep Dip Time 1949 08 29 Archived from the original on September 27 2010 Retrieved 2011 12 27 Harvard University Obituary and Death Notice Collection 104 2011 01 18 Retrieved 2011 12 27 DENDRONAUTICS Canopy access Archived from the original on 2007 01 27 Retrieved 2006 06 14 Further reading editMatsen Bradford Descent The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss Pantheon Books 2005 ISBN 0375422587 Matsen Bradford The Incredible Record Setting Deep Sea Dive of the Bathysphere Berkeley Heights NJ Enslow Publishers 2003 ISBN 0766021882 Otis Barton Adventure on land and under the sea Longmans London 1954 Biography of Otis Barton on the website of the MIT School of EngineeringExternal links edit Three Hundred Fathoms Beneath The Sea October 1930 Popular Mechanics Otis Barton at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Otis Barton amp oldid 1146178146, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
