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Figure 37

Description

Figure 37. Jacob thermometer devised by Martin Knudsen and constructed byFriedrich C. Jacob of Copenhagen. This thermometer was mounted inside an insulated bottle that was lowered from an underway ship. This thermometer was of a classic design that had nothing particularly new.

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
Thermometers and Other Temperature Measuring Equipment

Keywords

Oceanography