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Figure 15

Description

Figure 15. An oxygen probe - This device is much more modern than those examined previously. Two electrodes form a galvanic chain with the sea water in whichthey are immersed. the current measured depends on the diffusion of oxygenreleased under an electrode. This instrument was manufactured commercially bythe German firm Harmann and Braun in about 1957.

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
Miscellaneous Instruments, Deck Gear, and Laboratory Instruments

Keywords

Oceanography