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Figure 57

Description

Figure 57. Dittmar device for extracting gases from sea water. This devicewas described by the British professor William Dittmar of Anderson's College inGlasgow. He used it to analyze sea water sampled during the CHALLENGERexpedition. It complemented the use of the Jacobsen apparatus used by John Y.Buchanan during the CHALLENGER expedition.

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