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Figure 21

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Description

Figure 21. Model of Hodge's shock absorber or accumulator. This device wasinvented in 1852 by Richard Edward Hodges. It was used to aid in launching andretrieving heavy objects suspended from cables or ropes, particularly when avessel is subject to motion if the seas are high. It was first used inoceanographic work off H. M. S. HYDRA in 1867.

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