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Figure 9

Description

Figure 9. Walferdin maximum temperature thermometer a form of reversing thermomter designed by Francois Walferdin, a French customs official who was responsible for in 1855.

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
Thermometers and Other Temperature Measuring Equipment

Keywords

Oceanography
Historical instruments