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Figure 20. A model devised to demonstrate the quantity of common salt in thesea. The idea is that if all the salt in the sea were to evaporate it wouldcover an area and volume equal to the above sea-level area and volume ofAfrica. Dr. Walter Stahlberg conceived this idea as a means to communicate tothe public amount of salt in the sea.
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
Supplemental Material, Demonstration Equipment, and Meteorological Instruments
Keywords
Oceanography