fathometer
date: label: date made
content: 1940
notes: label: Description
content: The U.S. Weather Bureau, which transferred this item to the Smithsonian, termed it a fathometer, ocean, capsizing thermometer frame, Russian, 1940. A fathometer uses echo sounding to measure the depth of the ocean or other body of water.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.316267
label: catalog number
content: 316267
label: accession number
content: 224564
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fathometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 7/16 in x 17 1/16 in x 4 1/2 in; 13.81125 cm x 43.33875 cm x 11.43 cm