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Description
Figure 12. Borgert net devised by Dr. Adolph Borgert of Hamburg in 1893. Having found the Hensen and Buchet nets too heavy, too complicated, and difficult tomanage, and too expensive, Dr. Borgert designed this net for collecting plankton at the surface at high speed. This net was first tested from the steamerBARCELONA between Hamburg and the western Mediterranean.
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
Biologic Sampling Apparatus
Keywords
Oceanography
Historical instruments