Sentences with phrase «first submersible»

In 1925 they revolutionized California's orange grove industry (and the agricultural industry, for that matter) by creating the first submersible pump.

The man who piloted the first submersible to reach the deepest point in the ocean — in 1960 — recounts the excitement and tension he experienced diving to 35,846 feet

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The school is well - known not only for the first experimental submarine, the first hydrofoil craft, the first shipboard computer, the first swath bathymeter set and dozens of other major gap - filling scientific research breakthroughs, but also for being the best in the world with several achievements such as duplex submersible vehicles, hovercrafts and gradient velocimeters.

Looking through the portholes of the submersible ALVIN near the bottom of the Pacific Ocean in 1979, American scientists saw for the first time chimneys, several meters tall, from which black water at about 300 degrees and saturated with minerals shot out.

Other manned submersibles can not dive deeper than about seven kilometers, says Lutz, who has made more than 85 underwater voyages on board the mini sub Alvin and was part of the first deep - sea exploration of hydrothermal vents in 1979, when he was a postdoc at Yale University.

Then in 1977, two geochemists — Jack Corliss and John Edmond, diving in the submersible Alvin — discovered the first hydrothermal vent, or volcanic hot spring, on the ocean floor.

Researchers at the University of Southampton have captured unprecedented data about some of the coldest abyssal ocean waters on earth — known as Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW)-- during first voyage of the yellow robotic submersible known as Boaty McBoatface, which arrived back in the UK last week.

Citizens, sailors, and scientists have observed the seas for centuries, first from the shore, then from ships and submersibles, and recently from satellites.

Named after Dudley Foster, pilot of the US Navy submersible Alvin, who collected the first specimen, this tiny jelly is common near the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, an ocean - floor dividing line that separates the North American tectonic plate from the Eurasian, running south from Iceland down to the Azores.

Innerspace takes its premise from Fantastic Voyage, where a cocksure Navy test pilot, Tuck Pendleton (Quaid, Dreamscape), is set to become the first man to be shrunk down to microscopic form to traverse in a submersible through the body of a rabbit.

In 2011, Mario Kart 7 for the Nintendo 3DS featured optional stereoscopic graphics, and introduced hang gliding, submersible karts, an alternate first - person perspective, and kart customization.

Adding more excitement to every vacation is an array of top - of - the - line water sports facilities, such as the HydroBOB submersible scooters, the first in the Philippines, and the Molokini transparent kayaks.

And finally, Mario Kart 7 introduced the hang gliding mechanic, submersible gameplay, kart customizations, and even a weird first person perspective.

The video game is a first - person shooter set in the 1960s, which begins with the protagonist swimming from the burning wreckage of a plane crash, finding a submersible in an apparently abandoned lighthouse and descending to find himself in an underwater city.

He said he first learned to operate a remotely piloted submersible in 1988 while making «The Abyss» and, through and after making «Titanic,» worked extensively in waters far deeper than the location of the destroyed gulf well, designing pressure - resistant camera housings, lighting towers that could be dropped to the seafloor two miles down and other gear requiring pushing the edges of deep - sea engineering.

First from the shore, then from ships and submersibles, and recently from satellites.

Don't be surprised if your insurer balks at offering coverage for your submersible PWC at first — you may have to do some shopping for a company that will cover you.

When you first start looking for submersible PWC insurance, you might not have any idea where to start, especially if the insurance companies you've worked with in the past all specialize in standard home and auto coverage.

First up is the Kyocera Hydro, their submersible...