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Figure 24

Description

Figure 24. Current meter invented by Ernest Mayer in 1877 for studyingcurrents of the Adriatic Sea. The first tests were made near Pola in the northern Adriatic, by Professors Joseph Luksch and Julius Wolf of the Austrian MarineAcademy in 1877. They were aboard the steamer DELI.

Credit

Oceanographic Museum of Monaco

Photographer

P. Roggero

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