Skead's Detaching Apparatus (Mechanical Sounder), 1857
- Made:
- 1857 in Mediterranean Region
Skead's detaching apparatus, weight detaching mechanical sounder (depth gauge and sounder), designed by F. Skead and used on HMS Tartarus, 1857, during telegraph survey operations between Malta and Crete.
Details
- Category:
- Oceanography
- Object Number:
- 1876-828
- Materials:
- bronze (copper, tin alloy), brass (copper, zinc alloy), iron, lead (metal) and fibreglass
- Measurements:
-
overall: 310 mm x 400 mm x 195 mm, , 2.555kg
- credit:
- Admiralty Hydrographic Department
