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Figure 13. Richard narrow-ended net. Left: simple model. Right: model withdeflector. Invented in 1903 by Doctor Jules Richard, this net combined extremelightness with ease of making as well as a great facility for use by a shipunderway. The prototype of this net was constructed on the PRINCESSE-ALICE II.Prince Albert I used this for thousands of plankton sampling tows from 1903 on. (Image credit: Oceanographic Museum of Monaco | Y. Berard)