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Description
Figure 35. Current meter invented by Giovanni Boccardo in 1906. Boccardo wasthe chief instrument maker of the Royal Italian Hydrographic Institute. Thishigh precision instrument eliminated many of the faults of earlier currentmeters. It was first tested near La Spezia about 1906.
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