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Description
Figure 44. Bamberg pneumatic bathometer, constructed by Carl Bamberg. Thisinstrument is in fact an accessory to a Bamberg sounder, which was similar tothe Thomson sounder. It used the pressure of water to push a certain quantityof water into a tube and subsequently measuring it in order to determine thedepth that the tube had attained.
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