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An improved Ewing heat probe frame

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The standard Ewing heat probe frame has been improved through the design of a new takedown model whose parts are held together by lynch pins. When a 600 lb (272 kg) unit of this type is taken apart, the heaviest single piece of the dismantled unit weighs only 75 lb (34 kg).

This makes it feasible for one person to handle, transport, and assemble the new unit. A central, main support member of a heat probe using this frame can be suspended over the side of a research vessel while the heavier temperature recorder and ballast weights are attached by means of the quickaction lynch pins. This makes it possible to use this device on relatively small vessels which are not designed for coring work, having a minimum of free deck space and without launching platforms or hydraulic A-frame booms.

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  1. Marine Sciences Program, University of North Carolina, 27514, Chapel Hill, N.C., USA

    Tony F. Clark

  2. School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, 27514, Chapel Hill, N.C., USA

    Frank J. Malcolm

  3. Department of Geology, University of North Carolina, 27514, Chapel Hill, N.C., USA

    Ben J. Korgen

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Clark, T.F., Malcolm, F.J. & Korgen, B.J. An improved Ewing heat probe frame. Marine Geophysical Researches 1, 451–455 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00286747

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