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Figure 15. Meyer bottle, invented by Heinrich Adolph Meyer, of the Commission of Kiel, and built by Ludwig Steger. A and B are deep water set up; Adescending, B at the bottom; C shallow-water setup descending, D ascending. These bottles were used during the POMMERANIA expedition in the North Seain 1872 and in 1874 during the GAZELLE circumnavigation of the Earth. (Image credit: Oceanographic Museum of Monaco | Y. Berard)