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Figure 12

Description

Figure 12. Behrens and Jacobsen water sampling bottle invented by Doctor OscarJacobsen and Heinrich Behrens at the University of Kiel in 1872. Water sampleswere recovered for study of dissolved gases during the POMMERANIA expedition tothe North Sea in 1872. Left: descending. Right: on the bottom, ready forascent.

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
Water Sampling Bottles

Keywords

Oceanography
Historical instruments