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Description
Figure 45. Rung bathometer, designed by Captain George Rung of the DanishMeteorological Institute. It was a new type of pneumatic sounding device basedon the principle advanced by the physician Kristian Prytz, also a Dane. It wasconsidered an advancement on the Thompson tube. Depending on modifications, it could be used from 0 to 200 meters, or from two to three times deeper.
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