Word: bathythermograph
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Dates: during 1954-1954
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...Gulf Stream, the boat has charted and recharted its shifting course in an efforts to get at the forces that underlie all currents. The traditional problem of charting the Gulf Stream from a moving boat at sea is slowly being solved by some new, and fanciful instruments. One, the bathythermograph, measures the temperature continuously as it is towed behind the ship. The sharp temperature variation between the Gulf Stream and the surrounding water supplies the club to the Stream, while LORAN (Long Range Radar Navigation) solves the difficult problem of giving the ship's exact location...
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