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NOAA Photo Library Image - theb3783

Diagram of the Sigsbee Sounding Machine as used on the BLAKE. George Belknap shipped Thomson piano wire machine to BLAKE in 1875 Charles Sigsbee modified Thomson machine to make the Sigsbee Sounding Machine . Sigsbee sounding machine was the standard for many years

Image ID: theb3783, Voyage To Inner Space - Exploring the Seas With NOAA Collect
Photo Date: 1875
Credit: NOAA Central Library

Category: Charting/Soundings/Bathymetry/Mechanical/

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