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Richard reversing stopcock bottle

Richard reversing stopcock bottle

1902
Sigsbee waterbottle

Sigsbee waterbottle

1875-1885
Non-insulated Petterson water bottle, with two mes

Non-insulated Petterson water bottle, with two mes

1980
Ekman reversing water bottle for measuring the temperature of seawater samples, small model with a messenger release system, designed by Vagn Walfrid Ekman and made by Ludvig Andersen, Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway, 1910. Two messengers plus cable.

Ekman reversing waterbottle for measuring temperature of seawater samples

1910
Stopcock waterbottle designed by John Young Buchanan, made by James Milne and Son, Glasgow, UK, and used on British Antarctic Expedition, 1901. Fitted with a ‘Knudsen improved’ reversing thermometer that incorporated modifications designed by Danish oceanographer Martin Knudsen.

Stopcock waterbottle designed by J Y Buchanan and used on British Antarctic Expedition, 1901

1901
Three watersampling bottles, glass, with captive stoppers

Water-sampling bottles

2 small iron valved water bottles in frame, ex-Arctic Expedition, 1818

2 small iron valved water bottles in frame

1818
Jacobsen's rubber water bottle in frame, by Steger, Kiel, 1872

Jacobsen's rubber water bottle in frame

1872
Water bottle in case for collecting seawater samples designed by Alexander Marcet and John Frederick Newman in 1819. This type of bottle was employed on a number of naval expeditions, beginning with William Parry’s Arctic voyage with Hecla and Gripper in 1819-1820. Inside the case is the trade card of instrument-maker Thomas Jones.

Water bottle for collecting seawater samples designed by Alexander Marcet and John Frederick Newman

1818