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Figure 5. Stellwagen sampling sounder invented by Lieutenant Henry S.Stellwagen, USN, while on Coast Survey duty in 1842. This sampler was undoubtedly one of the first sounder-samplers of simple design that was used in asystematic manner for scientific purposes. It was invented in 1842.
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