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    What device was originally used to explore the depths of an ocean?

    Question #83640. Asked by storky1. (Jul 21 07 7:01 PM)


    igotmeajd



    Echo sounder.


    http://content.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=5064




    Jul 21 07, 7:30 PM
    sm_2014

    		I think it is echo sounder...it was the simplest method. Echo sounder was used in the early times.
    http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-echosoun.html

    Jul 21 07, 7:59 PM
    mctavish99

    		Up until the 1920s, ocean depth was measured by means of a graduated weighted rope.

    http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article-205830

    Jul 21 07, 10:58 PM
    kaung30

    		Echo sounder, sidescan and multibeam sonars
    http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/releases2001/jul01/noaa01r422.html

    Jul 22 07, 1:55 AM

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