Atmospheric Sea-sounding Instrument – Wigzell, London
Stock Number: NM.4-37
E 875,=
A remarkable sea-sounding instrument based on atmosheric pressure. Invented by Wigzell, London.
Circa
ca. 1900
Country of manufacture
UK and Ireland
Description
A remarkable sea-sounding instrument based on atmospheric pressure. Invented by Wigzell, London. The instrument is put away in a pine box with a fathom scale. On the lid an instruction sheet pasted to the inside.
The instrument exists of a clear tube mounted inside a brass housing. The housing is fixed on a lanyard. The top end of the lanyard will be fixed to a sling and with the lead on the other side it will be dropped into the water.
Pressure forces water into the tube depending on the the depth. Back on deck the water column indicates he depth to be read at the fathom scale.
Date: 1900-1940
HWL case: 5x66x8 cm (2x26x3,1 in)
Signed: WIGZELL’S PATENT (ATMOSPHERIC TYPE) SEA-SOUNDING INSTRUMENT
Origin: England
Condition: very good
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