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Description
Figure 20. Dumaige thermometer constructed by Paul Dumaige who was a long-timecollaborator with the Prince of Monaco. Duimage was known for having constructed the closing mechanism for a plankton net used by Albert I. It is not knownwhether this instrument was a copy of an existing instruments or if it was made to improve certain shortcomings. Two of them were used in 1892 at 4808 meters.
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