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Figure 30

Description

Figure 30. Aime dredges -- small model on left, large model on right. Thesedredges were designed by Georges Aime, Professor of Physics at the College ofAlger, in 1840 for the study of small quantities of sediment. They were not used as part of a depth-measuring system.

Credit

Oceanographic Museum of Monaco

Photographer

Y. Berard

Category

Voyage to Inner Space
History of Oceanography Collection
The Early Instruments - Collections of the Oceanographic Museum at Monaco
Sounding Instruments

Keywords

Oceanography
Historical instruments