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Show 5853 302 Love - R D 3860 A I recorded the depth, and then put the bottle in the sampler and then lower in down. By The Special Master: Q So that the bottle will reach the same point that the weight did? A The Bottle does not go quire as far as the weight, because the bottle is on the weight. Q Does the whole weight rest on the bottom, or just the torpedo? Does the whole torpedo go down to the bottom? A Yes, sir; it is in a horizontal position. Q Then the sample would go down to the same place the weight had been resting on? A No; the weight in still on it; it has to be, to take the sampler down; we merely insert the bottle. Q It is just above the weight; the bottle is resting on that? A The top of the bottle was in most cases 1.2 feet above the bottom of the weight. By Mr. Farnsworth: Q And when you took you sample, would this weight be -- Mr. Blackmar. Just a minute, Mr. Farnsworth, until I get through my re- direct examination. By Mr. Blackmar: |