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Description

Figure 19. Wille bottle, invented by Captain Carl F. Wille, commandant of theNorwegian navy oceanographic ship VORINGEN in 1875 and used for North Atlanticstudies. Right: detail of the closing mechanism.

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