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Sounding machine
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‘The numbers tell the tale’ is a saying that also applied on board ships. The depth of water could be determined using a sounding line. The design for this sounding machine was patented by Edward Massey in 1802. The machine was attached to a sounding line. As it sank to the seabed, a rotating vane drove a counter with a wormscrew; its revolutions were converted to the depth in fathoms.
Title: Sounding machine
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‘The numbers tell the tale’ is a saying that also applied on board ships.
The depth of water could be determined using a sounding line.
The design for this sounding machine was patented by Edward Massey in 1802.
The machine was attached to a sounding line.
As it sank to the seabed, a rotating vane drove a counter with a wormscrew; its revolutions were converted to the depth in fathoms.
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