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9<br />

9. SAMPLERS FROM CATALOGUES<br />

[These samplers were originally described only in the<br />

catalogue of the manufacturer]<br />

Grabs<br />

Foerst-Petersen grab (Limnological Apparatus Company, 2406 N. Bernard<br />

Street, Chicago, Illinois 60647, U.S.A.) [Has weighted jaws of<br />

Petersen grab and lever arms of van Veen grab]<br />

Marukawa's snapper grab (Rigosha & Co., Ltd., 2 Kajicho 1 - Chome, Kanda,<br />

Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101, Japan) [Heavy weight pushes grab into sediments<br />

and jaws closed by springs; sampling capacity 300 cm3; weight 9<br />

kg]<br />

Mud-snapper grab (Rigosha & Co.) [Rod-operated grab samples to water<br />

depth of 2 m; sampling capacity 100 cm3; weight 6 kg]<br />

3<br />

Seki grab (Rigosha & Co.) [Sampling capacity 500 cm ; weight 5.2 kg]<br />

Tamura's grab (Rigosha & Co.) [Jaws closed automatically by spring<br />

when trigger plate touches bottom; weight 10 kg]<br />

Corers<br />

Alpine gravity corer (Alpine Geophysical Assoc. Inc., Norwood, N.J.,<br />

U.S.A.) [Diameter 4.1 cm, weight 45 kg; self-sealing valve at upper<br />

end of tube]<br />

Benthos' gravity corer (Benthos Inc., North Falmouth, Mass., U.S.A.)<br />

[Diameter 6.6 cm, weighted up to 80 kg]<br />

Gilson corer/F.B.A. automatic mud sampler (Freshwater Biological<br />

Association, Ambleside, Cumbria, England) [Diameter 5.3 cm; can be<br />

used on pole or weighted on a line as a gravity corer]<br />

G.M. manual impact corer (G.M. Mfg. Co., 12 East 12th Street, New York 3,<br />

N.Y., U.S.A.) [Diameter 4.4 cm, weight 8 kg; heavy weight used to<br />

drive corer into sediment, diver-operated in deep water]<br />

Kitahara's gravity corer (Rigosha & Co.)<br />

Niino's impact corer (Rigosha & Co.) [Diameter 3.5 cm; driven in by<br />

50 kg weight]<br />

Okamoto's gravity corer (Rigosha & Co.) [Uses rocks held in net bag<br />

instead of weights, rocks discarded after corer driven into substratum]<br />

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