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Figure 11

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Description

Figure 11. Meter for use with Buchet plankton net, devised by Gaston Buchet in1892. Left: front view. Right: side view. This instrument was designed tocapture pelagic animals while being towed at a relatively high rate of speed.It was tested off Iceland in 1892 and also used in a number of expeditions ofPrince Albert I of Monaco.

Credit

Oceanographic Museum of Monaco

Photographer

Y. Berard

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space
History of Oceanography Collection
The Early Instruments - Collections of the Oceanographic Museum at Monaco
Biologic Sampling Apparatus

Keywords

Oceanography
Historical instruments