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Description
Figure 18. Sigsbee bottle in open position, invented by Lieutenant Charles D.Sigsbee, USN, in 1875. This bottle was used on the Coast and Geodetic SurveyShip BLAKE. This type of bottle was used by the navies of many nations. Thebottle as shown is in the open position.
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