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Figure 4

Description

Figure 4. A lead fish used for continuous sounding operations at slow speed.This device was invented in 1914 and improved by Pierre Marti in 1920.

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
Sounding Instruments

Keywords

Oceanography
Historical instruments