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Figure 22. Current indicator designed by Georges Aime in 1845. Top: view of theassembled unit; bottom image, view of the interior workings. Although Aimedesigned this instrument, it was constructed for use by Admiral Carl Irmingerand used to measure currents of the Atlantic from the Danish bark Ornen offMadeira in 1847 at a depth of 632 meters.
Credit
Oceanographic Museum of Monaco
Photographer
D. Mille
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space
History of Oceanography Collection
The Early Instruments - Collections of the Oceanographic Museum at Monaco
Current Measuring Devices
Keywords
Oceanography
Historical instruments