Otis Barton

Frederick Otis Barton Jr. (June 5, 1899 – April 15, 1992) was an American deep-sea diver, inventor and actor.Born in New York, the independently wealthy Barton designed the first bathysphere and made a dive with William Beebe off Bermuda in June 1930.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.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.
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