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Figure 8. Aime' maximum temperature recording thermometer. He described thisinstrument in 1845 and it operated in a similar manner to the minimum thermometer. (Image credit: Oceanographic Museum of Monaco | Y. Berard)

Credit

Oceanographic Museum of Monaco

Photographer

Y. Berard

Category

Voyage to Inner Space

History of Oceanography Collection

The Early Instruments - Collections of the Oceanographic Museum at Monaco

Thermometers and Other Temperature Measuring Equipment

Keywords

Oceanography

Historical instruments