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Description

Figure 2. Hales water sampling bottle. This was designed by Reverend StephenHales about 1749 and used on H.M.S. EARL of HALIFAX in 1751 in depths rangingfrom 100 to 1600 meters. Left: descending. Right: ascending.

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
Water Sampling Bottles

Keywords

Oceanography
Historical instruments