pl23_ship4086.jpg

Figure 21

Image

Download ( 1.16 MB )

Permalink

https://www.noaa.gov/media/digital-library-photo/pl23ship4086jpg

Description

Figure 21. Universal sampling apparatus invented by Otto Pettersson in 1904.This instrument measured temperature, the velocity and direction of the current, and also collected plankton. Pettersson first tested this instrument in 1904 in the Skagerrak and Baltic Sea. Left: in descent. Center: deployed. Right: on the ascent.

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