Figure 2. Six's thermometer devised by James Six in 1782. Six devised maximumand minimum reading thermometers and in a posthumous publication (1794) suggested the adaptation of the maximum/minimum reading thermometers for use in thedeep sea.
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Photographer: Y. Berard
Credit: Oceanographic Museum of Monaco
Subject: Oceanography
Subject: Historical instruments