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Figure 11

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Description

Figure 11. Lightning sounder, designed in 1866 by Lieutenant Charles C. P. Fitzgerald, RN. This model was used on the LIGHTNING during the Faroe Islandsexpedition of 1868. It was used for systematic sounding operations in depths up to 1189 meters and according to Charles Wyville Thomson, a mission participant, it never failed despite its primitive and unlikely appearance.

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