Under-Sea Tractor-Sphere Roams Ocean Floor

• Modern Mechanix January 1935

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  Newest of mechanical monsters intended for under-sea exploration is the tractor-sphere being designed by Otis Barton, builder of the bathysphere used by Dr. William Beebe in setting a new world’s diving record of 3028 feet. The new invention, intended to be driven into the sea from the beach level under its own power, might be … <a href="https://pulpcovers.com/under-sea-tractor-sphere-roams-ocean-floor/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Under-Sea Tractor-Sphere Roams Ocean Floor</span></a>

  

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  Newest of mechanical monsters intended for under-sea exploration is the tractor-sphere being designed by Otis Barton, builder of the bathysphere used by Dr. William Beebe in setting a new world’s diving record of 3028 feet. The new invention, intended to be driven into the sea from the beach level under its own power, might be … <a href="https://pulpcovers.com/under-sea-tractor-sphere-roams-ocean-floor/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Under-Sea Tractor-Sphere Roams Ocean Floor</span></a>

  

Newest of mechanical monsters intended for under-sea exploration is the tractor-sphere being designed by Otis Barton, builder of the bathysphere used by Dr. William Beebe in setting a new world’s diving record of 3028 feet.

The new invention, intended to be driven into the sea from the beach level under its own power, might be classed as a bathysphere mounted on caterpillar treads. Powerful electric motors operating from sealed-in storage batteries would move this undersea tractor over the rocky slopes and pinnacles of the ocean floor.

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