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Description

Figure 1. Model of Aime's first wave study instrument, built in 1838 and tested in the anchorage at Algiers the same year at depths of 11 and 18 meters. A wood top furnished with fixed points in the center of a sheet of lead andtilted by the movement of the water left markings in the metal which werecompared to observations made at the surface.

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
Miscellaneous Instruments, Deck Gear, and Laboratory Instruments

Keywords

Oceanography