Text/HTML
Login
Menu
Collections
About
Submit
FAQs
Search Open/Close
Open/Close Header Details
Search
Enter Title
Water Sampling Bottles
Menu Open/Close
Voyage
History of Oceanography
The Early Instruments Collections
Water Sampling Bottles
Early Instruments
Figure 19. Wille bottle, invented by Captain Carl F. Wille, commandant of theNorwegian navy oceanographic ship VORINGEN in 1875 and used for North Atlanticstudies. Right: detail of the closing mechanism.
Download
.jpg
(1013.28 KB)
Figure 20. Ekman insulated bottle invented by Professor Fredrik Eckman forstudies of the temperature and salinity of the waters of the Skagerrak in 1869.A model of this type was used by Nordenskiold on the VEGA in 1878 and was alsoused by the FRAM i
Download
.jpg
(925.44 KB)
Figure 21 . Ekman insulated bottle invented by Professor Fredrik Eckman for studies of the temperature and salinity of the waters of the Skagerrak in 1869. A model of this type was used by Nordenskiold on the VEGA in 1878 andwas also used by the FR
Download
.jpg
(958.16 KB)
Figure 22. Arwidsson bottle invented by the Swede Thorsten Arwidsson in 1879used by Swedish and Danish investigators. The pencil indicates the placement of of the releasing mechanism. Left: descending. Right: ascending. This type of of bottle wa
Download
.jpg
(1 MB)
Figure 23. Traivailleur bottle invented by Lieutenants Ernest Richard and Jeande Villegente of the French navy while on the TRAVAILLEUR expedition of 1881.This type of bottle was able to collect water at many depths for analysis ofdissolved gases.
Download
.jpg
(1.26 MB)
Figure 24. Traivailleur bottle invented by Lieutenants Ernest Richard and Jeande Villegente of the French navy while on the TRAVAILLEUR expedition of 1881.This type of bottle was able to collect water at many depths for analysis ofdissolved gases.
Download
.jpg
(1.17 MB)
Figure 25. Bottom water sampling bottle constructed by Max Marx in 1913. Theinventor of this bottle is unknown. Left: descending. Right: ascending.
Download
.jpg
(981.47 KB)
Figure 26. A Kidder, Flint and Tanner bottle after the design of the Sigsbeebottle but with several modifications. This bottle was designed by JeromeKidder of the U. S. Fish Commission, Surgeon James M. Flint of the U. S. Navy,and Commander Zera Lu
Download
.jpg
(865.39 KB)
Figure 27. Mill bottle invented by Dr. Hugh R. Mill of the Scottish MarineStation in 1884. This bottle was modified from the design of the Meyer bottleand fitted with a rubber disc to enhance its water-tightness. It also was fitted with an automat
Download
.jpg
(1.2 MB)
Figure 28. Mill bottle modified with mounting for thermometer devised by Dr.Hugh R. Mill of the Scottish Marine Station at Granton in 1884. Left:descending. Right: ascending.
Download
.jpg
(1.11 MB)
Figure 29. An unidentified water sampling bottle. Left: descending. Right:ascending.
Download
.jpg
(984.65 KB)
Figure 30. High pressure bottle devised by Prince Albert I of Monaco in 1890.The manometer was set in place after the bottle's return from the deep ocean inorder to measure the pressure of the water sample. This bottle was used forcollecting water
Download
.jpg
(993.8 KB)
Figure 31. Timtschenko water bottle, inspired by the Wille bottle, and built bythe instrument maker Iosif A. Timtschenko for sampling waters of the Black Seaand analyzing for dissolved hydrogen sulfide content. This instrument was built in 1891 and
Download
.jpg
(1.38 MB)
Figure 32. Regnard bottle invented by Professor Paul Regnard, deputy directorof the Experimental Physiology Laboratory at the Sorbonne, in 1890. Left:descending. Right: ascending. The top balloon is missing in these views. This instrument was us
Download
.jpg
(1004.8 KB)
Figure 33. The model of Buchanan water bottle used on the PRINCESSE ALICE in1892. John Buchanan brought a number of these bottles aboard that were usedwith mixed results. One bottle was destroyed at 1500 meters depth. Left: during descent. Right:
Download
.jpg
(1.2 MB)
Figure 34. Richard mercury bottle shown with the apparatus in the closedposition. This apparatus was specially designed by Dr. Jules Richard for use on board the PRINCESSE ALICE in 1896. It sampled water for studying the conditions for the dissolu
Download
.jpg
(887.73 KB)
Figure 35. Hamberg bottle for sampling intermediate waters devised by DoctorAlex Hamberg at the Institute of Meteorology of the Hogskola at Stockholm in1898. It was taken on the ANTARCTIC by the Swedish scientist Alfred G. Nathorst and used about S
Download
.jpg
(1.06 MB)
Figure 36. Deep water Hamberg bottle devised by Doctor Alex Hamberg at theInstitute of Meteorology of the Hogskola at Stockholm in 1898 for use by theSwedish polar expedition on board the ANTARCTIC in 1898. Left: descending.Right: ascending.
Download
.jpg
(982.85 KB)
Figure 37. Nansen double bottle invented by Fridtjof Nansen for taking twosimultaneous samples. He used these bottles in the Norwegian Sea in 1900 and1904. Left: descending. Right: ascending.
Download
.jpg
(979.79 KB)
Figure 38. Pettersson and Nansen water bottle for obtaining water andtemperature observations. This type of bottle had concentric layers ofinsulating material for keeping the samples at the temperature at which it wasobtained. This type of bottle
Download
.jpg
(978.16 KB)
1
2
3
4
Back To Top