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Figure 50

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Description

Figure 50. Berget double deviation refractometer, developed and devised by theFrenchman Alphonse Berget, professor at the Oceanographic Institute. From about 1911 onward, he was concerned with developing an instrument to measure thedensity of a liquid at sea by a method that would not be affected by the ship'smotion. He described the pictured instrument in 1925.

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