The design which immediately caught Beebe's eye was indeed Otis Barton's simple round sphere. Now, Beebe had already seen all the fancy idiotic plans that had been sent his way since the 1926 article, so he was in the mind set that he wanted something simple and practical, not something out of an H.G. Barton laid out his blue prints on Beebe's desk and explained his idea.
Barton described Beebe as being tall and vigorous and who greeted him crisply at the door. 28, 1928 day, Barton nervously brought his blue prints to the New York Zoological Park, not knowing if he would immediately be shown the door. On time for his momentous appointment that Dec.
The mutual friend told Beebe, "You'd better see Otis's blue prints unless you want to lose out in this deep-sea exploration business." Beebe's reply was "Another gadget!" (Otis Barton's "The World Beneath the Sea," p.13). Later, Barton found out that the reason Beebe didn't answer his letters was because he thought it had been just one of the many crank-pot ideas he'd been bombarded with ever since the newspaper article was published.īarton described his access or lack thereof to the Director of the Department of Tropical Research of the New York Zoological Society like trying to meet an Indian chief or "potentate," and "twice as wary."īarton asked a newspaper friend of his that was also a friend of Dr.
Obviously Beebe wanted to explore the ocean depths.perhaps if they joined forces they might both help each other? Barton wrote letter after letter to Beebe, without getting a single reply.
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