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Description
Figure 45. A rheostat controlled bathymeter invented by Emil Stahlberger in1873. This instrument was designed to measure currents, depth, and take bottomsamples. It was used for the first time in the Gulf of Fiume aboard theAustrian corvette MINERVA.
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