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The Mesoscaphe...

"mesoscaphe , diving vessel built by the Swiss scientist Jacques Piccard that suspended itself automatically at predetermined depths. The first mesoscaphe was built for the 1964 Swiss National Exhibition in Lausanne and designed as a tourist submarine for 40 passengers. Although it could descend to more than 600 m (2,000 feet), most of the mesoscaphe’s 1,100 descents into Lake Geneva during 1964 and 1965 reached only about 90 m (300 feet). " from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/376975/mesoscaphe .  Some of my family in Switzerland went in the sub in the Lac Leman (Lake of Geneva), I remember hearing stories about it.  The ad, in French, was mostly a promotional for the exposition and for Rolex.  Thanks for the interesting stuff!  HAGWE!     ^_^