Using a Lead Line

A lead line could measure water depth and bring up a sample of the bottom. From Olaus Magnus, History of the Nordic Peoples, 1555.

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A lead line could measure water depth and bring up a sample of the bottom.
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Credit: Lars Henriksson
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A lead line could measure water depth and bring up a sample of the bottom.