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Figure 16

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Description

Figure 16. Combination water sampling bottle and sounder designed by John Y.Buchanan after his return from the Challenger expedition in 1877. Thisinstrument worked better than preceding models for water sampling and was usedregularly by Prince Albert I of Monaco. The first tests took place on board the PRINCESS ALICE in 1894 off Morocco in 2782 meters water depth.

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
Sounding Instruments

Keywords

Oceanography
Historical instruments