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Description
Figure 2. Six's thermometer devised by James Six in 1782. Six devised maximumand minimum reading thermometers and in a posthumous publication (1794) suggested the adaptation of the maximum/minimum reading thermometers for use in thedeep sea. (Image credit: Oceanographic Museum of Monaco | Y. Berard)
Credit
Oceanographic Museum of Monaco
Photographer
Y. Berard
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space
History of Oceanography Collection
The Early Instruments - Collections of the Oceanographic Museum at Monaco
Thermometers and Other Temperature Measuring Equipment
Keywords
Oceanography
Historical instruments