Can anyone tell me what this tool is?

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mazen - 17 Mar 2005 20:28 GMT

Here are some links to the pictures of the tool we have no idea what it
is. Please send anything to my e-mail: mff06@aub.edu.lb

http://students.aub.edu.lb/~mff06/images/1.jpg
http://students.aub.edu.lb/~mff06/images/2.jpg
http://students.aub.edu.lb/~mff06/images/3.jpg
http://students.aub.edu.lb/~mff06/images/4.jpg

Thank you

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William Asher - 18 Mar 2005 21:51 GMT

> Here are some links to the pictures of the tool we have no idea what it
> is. Please send anything to my e-mail: mff06@aub.edu.lb
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>
> Thank you

It looks like it might be some sort of piston corer for sediment
sampling. Do the springs drive the cover plate over the central tube?
If so, how does the cover plate get triggered? Does the central tube
extend beyound the edge of the flat baseplate?

That's nothing but a vague guess,

It might help if you could describe how it operates. Also, a side view
would be good since it is hard to tell whether the large arms and bolts
on the top slide up and down.

--
Bill "or it could be a hypopheducinator" Asher

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Natural Science Forum / Earth Science / Oceanography / March 2005

Can anyone tell me what this tool is?