Allyn Vine Explained

Allyn C. Vine (1914–1994) was a physicist and oceanographer who was a leader in developing crewed submersible vessels to explore the deep sea.^[1]

Projects

Major contributor to redesigning the bathythermograph during World War II. His version could be used on submarines to detect the ocean thermocline.^[2]
Inspiration for DSV Alvin

See also

Maurice Ewing

Notes and References

Worzel, J. Lamar. J. Lamar Worzel. Obituary: Allyn C. Vine. Physics Today. November 1994. 47. 11. 105–106. 10.1063/1.2808714. 1994PhT....47k.105W. 2013-10-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20131005011040/http://www.physicstoday.org/resource/1/phtoad/v47/i11/p105_s2?bypassSSO=1. 2013-10-05. dead.
Allyn Vine Obituary "Allyn Vine, 79, Dies; Proponent of Submersibles", The New York Times, January 08, 1994, accessed April 11, 2011