Seawater sampling bottle and reversing frame for deep sea thermometer

Made:: 1970-1977 in United Kingdom

Reversing waterbottle, plastic, for collecting seawater samples, with attached reversing frame for deep sea thermometers, UK, 1970-1977. Produced for and used by the National Institute of Oceanography.

This waterbottle was designed to collect samples of seawater from designated depths in the ocean, and was fitted with a frame for reversing thermometers to record the temperature of the water at the depth from which the sample was collected.

Details

Category:: Oceanography

Object Number:: 1975-42

Materials:: plastic (unidentified), polypropylene, metal (unknown) and metal plated (unknown)

Measurements:: overall: 155 mm x 670 mm x 215 mm, , 5.685kg

type:: water bottle

credit:: Southampton Oceanography Centre; Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Deacon Laboratories

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Seawater sampling bottle and reversing frame for deep sea thermometer

Materials:: metal (unknown) , metal plated (unknown) , plastic (unidentified) and polypropylene

Object Number:: 1975-42/1

type:: water bottle

Knurled brass component from reversing waterbottle for collecting seawater samples

Knurled brass component from reversing waterbottle, plastic, for collecting seawater samples, with attached reversing frame for deep sea thermometers, UK, 1970-1977. Produced for and used by the National Institute of Oceanography.