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Description
Figure 17. Belknap and Sigsbee sounding device, designed by George Belknap onboard the TUSCARORA in 1873-1874. This instrument, which was a modification ofthe Brooke sounder, was subsequently improved by Lieutenant Charles D. Sigsbee,USN, while in command of the Coast Survey Steamer BLAKE in 1878.
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