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Figure 17

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Description

Figure 17. Luksch disk, made by Joseph Luksch about 1880 and used in that yearaboard the HERTA, the yacht of Prince John II of Liechstenstein. It was provided with five interchangeable 36-cm reflecting plates of different metals, somepainted. Afterwards, Luksch used polished white iron disks and white painteddisks of 45 cm diameter on the POLA.

Credit

Oceanographic Museum of Monaco

Photographer

P. Roggero

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space
History of Oceanography Collection
The Early Instruments - Collections of the Oceanographic Museum at Monaco
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Keywords

Oceanography
Historical instruments