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Plate I

Description

Plate I. Aime apparatus for the study of oceanic wave motion at depth described by Georges Aime in 1845. Aime should be considered as the predecessor ofmodern oceanography as he designed and created many innovative oceanographicmeasuring and analysis instruments that were models for those who followed. Hewas a professor at the University of Algiers.

Credit

Oceanographic Museum of Monaco

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space
History of Oceanography Collection
The Early Instruments - Collections of the Oceanographic Museum at Monaco
Miscellaneous Instruments, Deck Gear, and Laboratory Instruments

Keywords

Oceanography