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Figure 59

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Description

Figure 59. Nansen microscope for precise reading of thermometers. Thisinstrument was designed by Fridtjof Nansen to facilitate the reading ofthermometer scales and to better be able to estimate values between graduationsof the scale and also to better remove parallax errors. This instrument wasdesigned about 1910 and constructed by the German Ernst Leitz.

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