Re:The Deep Sea
by AlexandrB on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @08:20AM
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I was also amazed to read that the window was made of plexiglass:
> Observation of the sea outside the craft was conducted directly by eye, via a single, very tapered, cone-shaped block of Plexiglas, the only transparent substance identified which would withstand the external pressure.
> Observation of the sea outside the craft was conducted directly by eye, via a single, very tapered, cone-shaped block of Plexiglas, the only transparent substance identified which would withstand the external pressure.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trieste_(bathyscaphe)#Design