Messenger (Slider) for Triggering Reversing Thermometer, 1970-1977

Made:: 1970-1977

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Bronze messenger slider
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Bronze messenger slider, for use on 4mm hydrographic wire to trigger deep-sea thermometer, unsigned, 1970-77. Used by the Institute of Oceanographic Sciences.

Details

Category:: Oceanography

Object Number:: 1977-2

Materials:: bronze (copper, tin alloy) and mercury

Measurements:: overall: 77 mm 35 mm, .485kg

type:: slider

credit:: Institute of Oceanographic Sciences

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