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Figure 55. Stahlberg mounting devised by Dr. Walter Stahlberg, conservator ofthe Museum fur Meereskunde at Berlin. This mounting could be used with either a messenger for reversing in relatively shallow water or a helical system fordeep water. It was used on board the German vessel MOWE off the coast of Africa in 1911. (Image credit: Oceanographic Museum of Monaco | Y. Berard)