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Description
Figure 55. Burt's nipper, invented by Peter Burt, a British ship builder, in1818. It was used to keep the sounding line vertical in spite of the motion ofthe ship. It was used by the British Admiralty along with a device of the sametype designed by Massey.
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