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Catalog of Oceanographic Equipment in the Collection of the OceanographicMuseum at Monaco. 4: Bottles for Water Sampling by Christian Carpine.Bulletin de l'Institute Oceanographique, Vol. 75, No. 1440. 1993.
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Figure 1. Hooke bottle, invented in 1663 by Robert Hooke, assistant to RobertBoyle, Curator of Experiments of the Royal Society. Although thissampling device probably never operated as wished, it is still considered theprototype ancestor of many ty
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Figure 2. Hales water sampling bottle. This was designed by Reverend StephenHales about 1749 and used on H.M.S. EARL of HALIFAX in 1751 in depths rangingfrom 100 to 1600 meters. Left: descending. Right: ascending.
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Figure 3. Phipps and Franklin water bottle. First used by the Captain of theRACEHORSE, Constantine John Phipps in 1773, and then a similar bottle used byLieutenant John Franklin on board the TRENT in 1818 on a voyage to Spitzbergen.
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Figure 4. Scoresby insulated bottle invented by William Scoresby, an earlyNineteenth Century whaler with a passion for studying the physical sciences.His first model of this water sampling bottle was invented about 1809. Left:descending. Right: as
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Figure 5. Scoresby and Cavendish water sampling bottle. Scoresby working withCavendish made modifications to his original sampling bottle and called the newone MARINE DIVER. This sampling instrument was used to more than2000 meters water depth in
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Figure 6. Aime release device invented by Georges Aime, professor of physics,at the College of Algiers in 1841. This device was used for collecting watersamples for analyzing dissolved gases in the water.
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Figure 7. Old valve bottle. Although this type of water sampling bottle wasfirst invented around 1860, unfortunately the original inventor is unknown.Such a bottle was utilized on the PORCUPINE and on the BLAKE. The bottle shownhere was made by Ma
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Figure 8. Valve bottle assembled about 1860, inventor unknown. Left: valve bottle descending. Right: Valve bottle ascending after obtaining sample.This bottle was constructed by Max Marx.
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Figure 9. Old hinged valve bottle; inventor unknown; date of first use unknown. This example was constructed by Max Marx. Left: Appearance on descent. Right: after closing and ascending.
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Figure 10. Piston bottle for acquiring water from near the bottom. Theinventor is unknown. However, such a bottle was constructed for the Commissionof Kiel in 1870. This instrument was made by Max Marx in about 1913. Left:descending. Right: as
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Figure 11. Meyer glass water sampling bottle invented by Dr. Adolph Meyer ofthe Commission of Kiel and used on the POMMERANIA for studies in the Baltic Sea in 1871. This sampling bottle was used in surface layers of water to about 10meters. Left:
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Figure 12. Behrens and Jacobsen water sampling bottle invented by Doctor OscarJacobsen and Heinrich Behrens at the University of Kiel in 1872. Water sampleswere recovered for study of dissolved gases during the POMMERANIA expedition tothe North Sea
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Figure 13. Behrens and Jacobsen water bottle (second model, 1873.) The rubbersampling bottle is missing in this example. In descending mode.
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Figure 13 (cont). Behrens and Jacobsen water bottle (second model, 1873.) The rubber sampling bottle is missing in this example. On the bottom.
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Figure 14. Meyer bottle, invented by Heinrich Adolph Meyer, of the Commission of Kiel, and built by Carl Seeman. A and B are deep water set up; A descending, B at the bottom; C shallow-water setup descending, D ascending. These bottles were used d
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Figure 15. Meyer bottle, invented by Heinrich Adolph Meyer, of the Commission of Kiel, and built by Ludwig Steger. A and B are deep water set up; Adescending, B at the bottom; C shallow-water setup descending, D ascending. These bottles were used d
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Figure 16. Milne bottle constructed by James Milne of Edinburg and used on theCHALLENGER Expedition. Left: descending. Right: ascending. This type ofbottle was modified from the design of the Meyer bottle.
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Figure 17. Challenger model of the Buchanan bottle, devised by the chemist ofthe expedition, John Buchanan, to sample intermediary layer waters. Left:descending. Middle: closing. Right: ascending. This type of bottle was usedduring the course of
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Figure 18. Sigsbee bottle in open position, invented by Lieutenant Charles D.Sigsbee, USN, in 1875. This bottle was used on the Coast and Geodetic SurveyShip BLAKE. This type of bottle was used by the navies of many nations. Thebottle as shown is
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