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Ben Franklin (PX-15)

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The Ben Franklin mesoscaphe, also known as the Grumman/Piccard PX-15, was a manned underwater submersible built in 1968. [1]

24 relations: American Bureau of Shipping, Benjamin Franklin, Canada, Celer (group), Electric motor, Giovanola, Grumman, Gulf Stream, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Jacques Piccard, Lead–acid battery, Monthey, Museum ship, NASA, Neutral buoyancy, North Shore (Greater Vancouver), Nova Scotia, Palm Beach, Florida, Porthole, Robert Ballard, SeaOrbiter, Submersible, Switzerland, Vancouver Maritime Museum.

American Bureau of Shipping

The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) is a classification society, with a mission to promote the security of life, property and the natural environment, primarily through the development and verification of standards for the design, construction and operational maintenance of marine-related facilities.

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Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin (April 17, 1790) was an American polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Celer (group)

Celer is a warm drone music group based in Tokyo, Japan.

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Electric motor

An electric motor is an electrical machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy.

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Giovanola

Giovanola Freres SA was one of the prominent thrill ride manufacturers in the world.

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Grumman

The Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, later Grumman Aerospace Corporation, was a leading 20th century U.S. producer of military and civilian aircraft.

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Gulf Stream

The Gulf Stream, together with its northern extension the North Atlantic Drift, is a warm and swift Atlantic ocean current that originates in the Gulf of Mexico and stretches to the tip of Florida, and follows the eastern coastlines of the United States and Newfoundland before crossing the Atlantic Ocean.

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Halifax, Nova Scotia

Halifax, officially known as the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), is the capital of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.

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Jacques Piccard

Jacques Piccard (28 July 19221 November 2008) was a Swiss oceanographer and engineer, known for having developed underwater submarines for studying ocean currents.

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Lead–acid battery

The lead–acid battery was invented in 1859 by French physicist Gaston Planté and is the oldest type of rechargeable battery.

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Monthey

Monthey is the capital of the district of Monthey in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

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Museum ship

A museum ship, also called a memorial ship, is a ship that has been preserved and converted into a museum open to the public for educational or memorial purposes.

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NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research.

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Neutral buoyancy

Neutral buoyancy is a condition in which a physical body's average density is equal to the density of the fluid in which it is immersed.

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North Shore (Greater Vancouver)

The North Shore (of Burrard Inlet) is a term commonly used to refer to several areas adjacent to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia (Latin for "New Scotland"; Nouvelle-Écosse; Scottish Gaelic: Alba Nuadh) is one of Canada's three maritime provinces, and one of the four provinces that form Atlantic Canada.

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Palm Beach, Florida

The Town of Palm Beach is an incorporated town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States.

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Porthole

A porthole, sometimes called bull's-eye window or bull's-eye, is a generally circular window used on the hull of ships to admit light and air.

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Robert Ballard

Robert Duane Ballard (born June 30, 1942) is a retired United States Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island who is most noted for his work in underwater archaeology: maritime archaeology and archaeology of shipwrecks.

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SeaOrbiter

The SeaOrbiter, also known as Sea Orbiter (two words), is an oceangoing research vessel.

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Submersible

A submersible is a small vehicle designed to operate underwater.

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Vancouver Maritime Museum

The Vancouver Maritime Museum is a Maritime museum devoted to presenting the maritime history of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and the Canadian Arctic.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Franklin_(PX-15)

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