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Figure 62

Description

Figure 62. A cross-bow bottle devised by Jean Comelli, instrument-maker of theOceanographic Museum at Monaco in 1953. This instrument was built for JeanBrouardel for studying oxygen content in sea-water. The bottle is plexiglass.Left: descending. Right: ascending. This instrument was used on the museum'ssmall vessel the EIDER off Monace in depths of 150 to 500 meters.

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