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Figure 56

Description

Figure 56. Regnard phosphorescent tubes designed by the physiologist PaulRegnard to attract certain marine fish to nets and traps used in biologicalsampling. These tubes were designed about 1888 and used by Prince Albert I ofMonaco with his sampling nets. Left: two-ring model. Right center: one-ringmodel. Bottom: Reflecting plate.

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