Figure 19. Hirondelle locking sounder. Prince Albert I of Monaco designed thisapparatus in 1888. His idea was to modify a Baillie or Travailleur sounder byreplacing the various valves with a spigot which closed after sediment enteredthe tube. The
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Photographer: Y. Berard
Credit: Oceanographic Museum of Monaco
Subject: Oceanography
Subject: Historical instruments