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Description
Figure 65. Thoulet device for separating sediment from water. This device wasdeveloped to obtain very fine sediment samples that were still suspended in thewater after passing through a series of sieves. Thoulet developed thisinstrument in 1878 prior to developing an interest in oceanography.
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