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Figure 64

Description

Figure 64. N.I.O. bottle designed by Francis E. Pierce, Dennis I. Gaunt, andRichard Dobson at the National Institute of Oceanography at Grand-Bretagne.This utilized a valve for closing but also inverted. The mounting for the thermometer toppled over by the action of a spring. This bottle was used by the DISCOVERY II in the Gulf of Gascogne at 4700 meters.

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