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Limnology Apparatus

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Apparatus for limnological research conducted at Trout Lake, Wisconsin and elsewhere.

Date Created:
1890
Creator:
Birge, Edward A. (Edward Asahel)

Publication Information

Creator Birge, Edward A. (Edward Asahel)
Date Created 1890

Physical Description

Format Image
Extent 1 photograph
Dimensions 12 x 17 cm

Collection Information

Source Collection Edward A. Birge papers, 1884-1954 (bulk 1905-1948)
Call Number PH 1282
Catalog Record https://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/999464580602121
Finding Aid https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-wis000qb

Copyright Information

Copyright Status NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
Rights Holder Wisconsin Historical Society
Unique ID
W012EQD
Legacy ID
WHi 11268

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Photographs
Edward A. Birge

Edward A. Birge

1917

Edward A. Birge and Chancey Juday with plankton trap in Lake Mendota. From album of photographs relating to the research in limnology conducted at Trout Lake, and elsewhere by Edward A. Birge, Univ...

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Birge and Juday on the Ice

Birge and Juday on the Ice

circa 1930-1939

Dr. Edward Birge (left) and Chancey Juday (center) do limnology research on the ice with a mud thermometer.

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Equipment at Trout Lake Station

Equipment at Trout Lake Station

1929

Dr. E.A. Birge's equipment at his Trout Lake Station laboratory.

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North Trout Lake

North Trout Lake

circa 1930-1939

View towards a boat pulled up on the sandy, curving shoreline of North Trout Lake.

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Dr. Birge on Trout Lake

Dr. Birge on Trout Lake

circa 1930-1939

Dr. Edward Ashael Birge paddling on a raft in Trout Lake. In 1875 Dr. Birge first came to teach natural history at the University of Wisconsin, and remained part of the institution for the next 75 ...

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Trout Lake

Trout Lake

1939

View across water towards the shoreline of Trout Lake. There is a thin, sandy beach, and trees all along the curved shoreline.

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