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Figure 48

Description

Figure 48. Knudsen pycnometer, described by the Danish physicist andhydrographer Martin Knudsen in 1902. This instrument was designed to makeprecise laboratory measurements of the density of sea water.

Credit

Oceanographic Museum of Monaco

Photographer

Y. Berard

Category

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