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Figure 24

Description

Figure 24. Traivailleur bottle invented by Lieutenants Ernest Richard and Jeande Villegente of the French navy while on the TRAVAILLEUR expedition of 1881.This type of bottle was able to collect water at many depths for analysis ofdissolved gases. The iron brace is missing in this example.

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