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Figure 5. Stellwagen sampling sounder invented by Lieutenant Henry S.Stellwagen, USN, while on Coast Survey duty in 1842. This sampler was undoubtedly one of the first sounder-samplers of simple design that was used in asystematic manner for scientific purposes. It was invented in 1842. (Image credit: Oceanographic Museum of Monaco | Y. Berard)