Sigsbee Water Bottle
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer from U. S. Geological Survey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.252978
label: catalog number
content: 252978
label: accession number
content: 49676
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sigsbee Water Bottle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass, nickel plated (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 44 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm; 17 5/16 in x 3 15/16 in x 3 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: 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