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Figure 16. Combination water sampling bottle and sounder designed by John Y.Buchanan after his return from the Challenger expedition in 1877. Thisinstrument worked better than preceding models for water sampling and was usedregularly by Prince Albert I of Monaco. The first tests took place on board the PRINCESS ALICE in 1894 off Morocco in 2782 meters water depth.
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