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1952-1953 Shipboard Report Of The Capricorn Expedition, With Related Ephemera & Items From The Ship - 1952-1953 Horizon Shipboard Report Of The Capricorn Expedition, With Related Ephemera & Items From The Ship. Items come from the family of Alan Churchill Jones, an oceanographer from UC San Diego, employed by Scripps Institution of Oceanography in their first ever expedition to use scuba divers in the Pacific. This expedition followed Operation Ivy, the first U.S. test of a thermonuclear bomb, and was funded by the University of California, as well as the U.S. Navy. Largest piece approximately 11.0H x 8.5W x 0.375D in. Smallest piece (pendulum in case) approximately 2.375L x 1.625W in.