Two large manganese nodules, recovered at 2740 fathoms. One concretion of globigerina ooze, recovered at 129 fathoms. Samples of small manganese nodules recovered at 2350 fathoms. Samples of red clay, recovered at 3150 fathoms. Samples of Diatom ooze, recovered at 1950 fathoms. Samples of Pteropod ooze recovered at 390 fathoms, 1872-1876. Samples of Sediment Recovered from Sea Bed, 1872-76
‘Bulldog’ sounder and sampler for gauging the depth of the sea floor and collecting sediment samples, designed by marine engineer Mr. Steil, assistant engineer Mr. Roughton, and the ship’s naturalist George Charles Wallich aboard the paddle steamer HMS Bulldog during telegraph survey operations around the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland, 1860. The apparatus has been fitted with a modern rope. Bulldog sounder and sampler used during telegraph survey operations 1860
Jaws from ‘Bulldog’ sounder and sampler for gauging the depth of the sea floor and collecting sediment samples, designed by marine engineer Mr. Steil, assistant engineer Mr. Roughton, and the ship’s naturalist George Charles Wallich aboard the paddle steamer HMS Bulldog during telegraph survey operations around the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland, 1860. Jaws from Bulldog sounder and sampler used during telegraph survey operations 1860
