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Description
Figure 50. Example of message included in floats invented by Prince Albert I ofMonaco. Left: glass tube encasing the message. Right: Message as written inten languages. The message requested information regarding the circumstances of of discovery of the float. This type of float was used between 1885 and 1887,but floats with this particular message were used in 1886
Credit
Oceanographic Museum of Monaco
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space
History of Oceanography Collection
The Early Instruments - Collections of the Oceanographic Museum at Monaco
Current Measuring Devices