Depth Sounder
National Museum of American History

Depth Sounder

1878

overall: 9 3/4 in x 13 in x 5 7/8 in; 24.765 cm x 33.02 cm x 14.9225 cm
National Museum of American History
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of American History

William Thomson, a noted physicist and engineer in Glasgow, Scotland, designed various instruments for navigation at sea. This is the model he submitted with his application for a U.S. patent for a deep sea sounding apparatus.

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