SI-583: Gerber Scientific Instrument Company variable scale. Model TP007100B. Used by Hersey group. NSF GP2370 65-456.
Scope and Content Note
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
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Received from Cynthia Sellers in her office in Bigelow 210. Sellers was given the scale by George Frisk, who received it from Earl Hays.
Repository Details
Part of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Data Library and Archives Repository