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Figure 54. Aime's sounder release device, devised by Professor Georges Aime,professor of Physics, at the College of Alger. In 1841 Aime tested this devicein the Mediterranean in the vicinity of Alger. It could be used for watersampling as well as sounding and was better known for the former use. (Image credit: Oceanographic Museum of Monaco | Y. Berard)