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Figure 26. Current meter invented by Thorsten Arwidsson for use in shallowwater. Less information is available concerning this model than the precedinginstrument. However, it was used by the explorer Sven Hedin, member of theSwedish Academy of Sciences, and the last person to receive Swedish knighthood.
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