Kelvin-Hughes echo-sounder recorder Type 773

Deep echo-sounder for measuring ocean depth, Type 773, with spare chart and paper, made by Kelvin-Hughes, 1960s.

Echo sounders, which timed the echo from a sound source, enabled the automation of measurements of the depth of the water below a ship. This model, made by the marine instrument manufacturer Kelvin Hughes, recorded onto paper.

Details

Category:
Oceanography
Object Number:
1975-391
type:
recorder
credit:
Admiralty Hydrographic Department

Parts

Deep echo-sounder for measuring ocean depth, Type 773 made by Kelvin-Hughes, 1960s

Deep echo-sounder for measuring ocean depth, Type 773 made by Kelvin-Hughes, 1960s

Deep echo-sounder for measuring ocean depth, Type 773, made by Kelvin-Hughes, 1960s

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Echo sounders, which timed the echo from a sound source, enabled the automation of measurements of the depth of the water below a ship. This model, made by the marine instrument manufacturer Kelvin Hughes, recorded onto paper.

Object Number:
1975-391/1
type:
recorders
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Spare recording paper from deep echo-sounder for measuring ocean depth, Type 773

Spare recording paper from deep echo-sounder for measuring ocean depth, Type 773

Spare dry recording paper from deep echo-sounder for measuring ocean depth, Type 773, with spare chart and paper, made by Kelvin-Hughes, 1960s.

More

Echo sounders, which timed the echo from a sound source, enabled the automation of measurements of the depth of the water below a ship. This model, made by the marine instrument manufacturer Kelvin Hughes, recorded onto paper.

Object Number:
1975-391/2
type:
recording paper
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum