Replica of Phipps and Irving insulated water bottle of 1773
- Made:
- 1773 (original)
- maker:
- Constantine John Phipps
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Reconstruction of the insulated water-bottle made by Phipps and Irving in HMS Racehorse, 1773, with 2-dimensional illustration of water bottle in use.
Replica of the insulated water bottle used by Captain C J Phipps and Dr Charles Irving on HMS Racehorse on the 1773-1774 attempt to sail to the North Pole. The expedition, which was sponsored by the Royal Society and had the support of King George III, reached a latitude of 80 degrees and 48 minutes north before ice made further progress impossible. Water bottles such as this one were suspended on a rope or wire over the side of a ship in order to take samples of water from various depths.
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- Category:
- Oceanography
- Object Number:
- 1987-326
- Materials:
- cord, cotton wool, fibreglass, glass, hardboard, textile
- type:
- replica
- taxonomy:
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- object genres
- copies (derivitive objects)
- reproductions
- materials
- materials
- inorganic material
- containers
- containers
- vessels
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