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Mechanical Log
Catalogue number:
PH*322965
Discussion:
William Petit Trowbridge was an 1848 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy who, while employed by the U.S. Coast Survey, worked to develop improved methods for determining the speed of a ship and the distance to the sea bottom. This log came from Columbia University where Trowbridge served as professor of engineering in the years 1877-1892. Although the instrument is not signed, the box is marked "Ship’s Log and Sounding Instrument Combined. Devised by W. P. Trowbridge in 1863".
Further Information:
Trowbridge
Log
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