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Figure 43

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Description

Figure 43. Buchanan hypsometer - this instrument is meant to determine altitude by relating the temperature of the boiling point of water to altitude. Asaltitude increases, the boiling point decreases. The instrument shown uses amethod developed by Regnault and was used by John Young Buchanan in 1899.

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
Supplemental Material, Demonstration Equipment, and Meteorological Instruments

Keywords

Oceanography