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Figure 13. Richard narrow-ended net. Left: simple model. Right: model withdeflector. Invented in 1903 by Doctor Jules Richard, this net combined extremelightness with ease of making as well as a great facility for use by a shipunderway. The prototype of this net was constructed on the PRINCESSE-ALICE II.Prince Albert I used this for thousands of plankton sampling tows from 1903 on.
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
Biologic Sampling Apparatus
Keywords
Oceanography
Historical instruments