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Figure 34

Description

Figure 34. Thermometer used with Pettersson-Nansen insulation bottle. Thisbottle was a version of the Pettersson bottle with improvements made by Fridtjof Nansen in 1900. This thermometer was fixed to the inside cover of the bottlewhile a reversing thermometer was mounted on the outside. It was first testedon board the MICHAEL SARS in the Norwegian Sea in 3000 meters in 1900.

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