Figure 2. Six's thermometer devised by James Six in 1782. Six devised maximum
and minimum reading thermometers and in a posthumous publication (1794) suggeste
d the adaptation of the maximum/minimum reading thermometers for use in the
deep sea.
Image ID: ship4282, Voyage To Inner Space - Exploring the Seas With NOAA Collect Photographer: Y. Berard Credit: Oceanographic Museum of Monaco