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Mesure du fond avec la sonde sur une frégate-Morel Fatio-img 3163
Measuring the water depth on a frigate, illustration of 1844.

A sounding line is a way to measure the depth, usually inside a body of water. The basic concept is that of a weight attached to a long rope.

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  • Olaus Magnus - On the Vast Depths of the Norwegian Coasts

    A sailor and a man on shore, both sounding the depth with a line

  • Sounding leads

    Sounding leads

  • PSM V03 D273 Massey sounding machine

    Edward Massey's sounding machine

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