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Description
Figure 39. Current indicator invented by James Norman Carruthers in 1924.This meter works on the principle used in the Robinson anenometer. Left:picture of the unit. Right: unit open to view interior mechanism. This current meter was meant primarily for use by fishermen. It was first tested off thefireboat SAINT NICHOLAS off Great Yarmouth, Great Britain, in 1924.
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
Current Measuring Devices
Keywords
Oceanography
Historical instruments