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Description
Figure 5. Scoresby and Cavendish water sampling bottle. Scoresby working withCavendish made modifications to his original sampling bottle and called the newone MARINE DIVER. This sampling instrument was used to more than2000 meters water depth in 1817. 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