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Figure 65. Thoulet device for separating sediment from water. This device wasdeveloped to obtain very fine sediment samples that were still suspended in thewater after passing through a series of sieves. Thoulet developed thisinstrument in 1878 prior to developing an interest in oceanography. (Image credit: Oceanographic Museum of Monaco | Y. Berard)