"Counting the clicks." The number of clicks heard in a given time was a measure of the velocity of the current.
Image ID: cgs01614, NOAA's Historic Coast & Geodetic Survey (C&GS) Collection Photo Date: 1935 circa • High Resolution Photo Available
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