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Otis Barton

Otis Barton, American diver, engineer, and actor, designed the bathysphere (died 1992)

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Born
June 5, 1899
Died
April 15, 1992
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1899

About Otis Barton

Otis Barton, American diver, engineer, and actor, designed the bathysphere (died 1992) They set the first record for deep-sea diving by descending 600 ft (180 m). The Incredible Record-Setting Deep-Sea Dive of the Bathysphere. In 1949, Barton set a new world record with a 4,500 foot (1,372 m) dive in the Pacific Ocean, using his benthoscope (from the Greek benthos, meaning 'sea bottom', and scopein, 'to view'), which was designed by Barton and Maurice Nelles.

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The world when Otis Barton was born

Otis Barton was born in 1899. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlinePhilippine-American War begins
  • Technology milestoneFirst magnetic recording of sound
  • World population~1.59B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam McKinley
  • U.S. population72.0M

1899 versus 2026

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Measure18992026
Population72.0M341 million

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