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Description
Figure 7. Bonnici sounder, invented by Carmelo Bonnici, a blacksmith on HMSSPITFIRE. This device was used in surveys in the Black Sea in 1855. Left:descending. Right: Schematic drawing of the apparatus after striking thebottom.
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