Box of Bathythermograph Slides

A bathythermograph slide is a smoked glass slide used in a bathythermograph to obtain a record of temperature as a function of depth.

This object is a grey painted wooden box with slots for 200 bathythermograph glass slides. White felt lining. Containing 200 smoked glass slides. Stamped in white: Patt. A.1042 (last fig in ms).

Object Details

ID: NAV1780
Collection: Oceanography
Type: Box of Bathythermograph Slides
Display location: Not on display
Credit: Transferred from the Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Deacon Laboratory
Measurements: Overall: 48 mm x 291 mm x 223 mm