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Water Sampling Bottles
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Figure 58. Insulated Knudsen bottle designed by the Dane Martin Knudsen in 1921 with the aid of Hans J. Neilsen. It was designed to ameliorate problems withthe Pettersson and Nansen bottle. Left: ascending. Right: ascending.
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Figure 59. Insulated Knudsen bottle with frame. Martin Knudsen designed thisapparatus about 1921 with the aid of Hans J. Nielsen. This bottle had a largeaperture which facilitated the circulation of the water into the bottle. Notethe messenger on
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Figure 60. Knudsen inverting bottle invented by Professor Martin Knudsen withthe collaboration of Hans J. Nielsen in 1929. The construction was very simpleand robust as the bottles were to be used in a series on a cable. The appearance and closing
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Figure 61. Richard bottle (1940 model) devised by Dr. Jules Richard, Directorof the Oceanographic Museum at Monaco, and constructed by Charles Calleri, atthat time the museum's instrument maker. This bottle did not represent a stepforward, but inst
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Figure 62. A cross-bow bottle devised by Jean Comelli, instrument-maker of theOceanographic Museum at Monaco in 1953. This instrument was built for JeanBrouardel for studying oxygen content in sea-water. The bottle is plexiglass.Left: descending.
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Figure 63. Van Dorn bottle created by Dr. William G. Van Dorn in 1956. It isquestionable whether this should be considered a modern instrument given itsmaterials of construction. However, on second thought, it is very similar tomodern valve-closin
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Figure 64. N.I.O. bottle designed by Francis E. Pierce, Dennis I. Gaunt, andRichard Dobson at the National Institute of Oceanography at Grand-Bretagne.This utilized a valve for closing but also inverted. The mounting for the thermometer toppled ove
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Figure 65. 5-liter Comelli bottle created by Jean Comelli undoubtedly for water chemistry studies of Jean Brouardel. Left: descending. Right: ascending.Very little is known about the effectiveness of this instrument or where it wasused.
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Figure 66. Momzikoff and Comelli double bottle. This bottle was built following the specifications of Andre Momzikoff for water chemistry studies, in particular trace elements. The prototype was constructed by Jean Comelli in 1966 andused in the w
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Figure 67. Mecabolier bottle, a mass-produced inverting water sampling bottle.This instrument closes by means of a valve and is a modern form of the Knudsentype. Left: descending. Right: ascending.
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Figure 68. BYB bottle. This type of bottle has a similar closing mechanism asthe Van Dorn bottle. It was commercialized through the Nereides Society.Left: descending. Right: ascending.
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Figure 69. Buchanan sounding apparatus and water bottle. This instrument wasdevised by John Buchanan for the simultaneous collection of a bottom sedimentsample and a water sample at the bottom. Schematic drawing from: Murray, J.and Reynard, A. F.
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Figure 70. Buchanan sounding bottle. This instrument was devised after theChallenger Expedition. It was better than preceding instruments for collectingwater samples in close proximity to the bottom. It was first tested aboard thePRINCESS ALICE i
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Figure 71. Brouardel coring device. This instrument was designed to obtain asample of the upper layers of sediment and the water directly above the bottom.It was designed by Jean Brouardel and Jean Vernet for studying the dissolvedoxygen in the wat
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Figure 72. Brouardel surface sampler. This instrument was designed to obtain asample of the top layers of sediment with the overlying water. A forerunner ofthis instrument was the surface mud sampler built for limnological studiesby Bernard M. Jen
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