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Figure 54. Aime's sounder release device, devised by Professor Georges Aime,professor of Physics, at the College of Alger. In 1841 Aime tested this devicein the Mediterranean in the vicinity of Alger. It could be used for watersampling as well as sounding and was better known for the former use.
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