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Description
Figure 60. Regnard apparatus for the study of the diffusion of oxygen in seawater. Concerned with the diffusion of air in sea water in still water, DoctorPaul Regnard, a French physiologist, invented this device based on an experiment by Julien Thoulet. He used the property that certain materials change theircolor in the presence of oxygen and described the device in 1891.
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