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Bathythermographs

 Sub-Series

Scope and Content Note

From the Collection:



This collection includes scientific instruments and equipment and instrument manuals, catalogs, and other material that are being maintained in conjunction with the collection of oceanographic instruments and equipment presently stored in the Falmouth Technology Park offsite storage facility.

Also included in the collection are a video and photographs of a traveling exhibit by the U.S. Navy on historical oceanographic instruments, The Briny Deep Discovered, that included a number of instruments loaned to the Navy by WHOI. The exhibit made its final stop at WHOI to coincide with the Institution's 75th Anniversary, and was located in the lobby of the Clark building.

Dates

  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1930-2000

Access

Open: materials are available for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 24 boxes and 5 flat file drawers (30.75 lin. ft.)

Language

From the Series: English

Related Materials

See also MC-103, Bathythermograph slide collection, for BT slides from numerous cruises, as well as a BT grid for reading glass slides (Item #11 in the collection, formerly SI-383 in the Historical Instruments collection).

Repository Details

Part of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Data Library and Archives Repository

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