Sigsbee Water Bottle
Sigsbee Water Bottle
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- Description
- The Sigsbee water cup (or bottle) was an efficient instrument for collecting water samples. It was developed in the 1870s by Charles Dwight Sigsbee (1845-1923), a Navy oceanographer and hydrographer then assigned to the U.S. Coast Survey.
- Ref: Charles D. Sigsbee, Deep-Sea Sounding and Dredging: A Description and Discussion of the Methods and Appliances Used on Board the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer, “Blake” (Washington, D.C., 1880), Chapter IV.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Sigsbee Water Bottle
- Physical Description
- brass, nickel plated (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 44 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm; 17 5/16 in x 3 15/16 in x 3 15/16 in
- overall: 3 3/4 in x 17 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in; 9.525 cm x 44.45 cm x 9.525 cm
- ID Number
- PH.252978
- catalog number
- 252978
- accession number
- 49676
- Credit Line
- Transfer from U. S. Geological Survey
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- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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