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Allyn Vine holding underwater camera.

Allyn Vine holding underwater camera.
Allyn Vine holding underwater camera.
Allyn Vine holding underwater camera.
Allyn Vine holding underwater camera.
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Woodcock, Alfred H.
Allyn Vine holding underwater camera.
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02/23/1940
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First free floating bottom release underwater camera. Front view.
Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 51, No. 1, pg. 2 timeline:
1956: Scientists convene in Washington, D.C., to discuss how to study the ocean depths. WHOI scientist Allyn Vine suggests building a submersible. Participants draft a resolution that the U.S. should develop manned undersea vehicles.
Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 51, No. 1, pg. 68:
Alvin Fun Facts.
How did Alvin get its name?
The submersible is named for Allyn Vine, a WHOI engineer and geophysicist who helped pioneer deep submergence research and technology.
Photo by Alfred H. Woodcock
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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