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Figure 35

Description

Figure 35. Brouardel surface sampler, improvement of previous instrument, wasdesigned by Jean Brouardel and Jean Vernet and constructed by Jean Comelli. This instrument was inspired by Bernard M. Jenkins' Surface Mud Sampler, created forthe limnological studies of Clifford H. Mortimer. It was used to sample bottomwater and sediment simultaneously. It was first tested off the EIDER in 1954.

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