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Figure 45

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Description

Figure 45. A rheostat controlled bathymeter invented by Emil Stahlberger in1873. This instrument was designed to measure currents, depth, and take bottomsamples. It was used for the first time in the Gulf of Fiume aboard theAustrian corvette MINERVA.

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