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Description
Figure 26. The Leger dredge sounder in the descending position. This samplingdevice was designed to retain a portion of the captured sample even if a rockheld the jaws open after being activated to snap shut. This sounder was testedtwenty-two times in 1903 on the PRINCESS ALICE II between depths of 18 and 4560meters.
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