File:189804 Drift Cask CROPPED George Melville.jpg

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English: Drawings of "drift cask" designed by w:George W. Melville (1841-1912) and, according to source, was part of presentation "Read at the VII International Geographical Congress at Berlin, 1899."



Creation date of April 1898 is based on source's name of file: driftcaskApril189842a_200.jpg



Legend says: "DRIFT CASKS / designed by / Commodore Melville / to show the / Arctic Drift"
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Geographical Society of Philadelphia:
URL: http://www.geographicalsociety.org/archive/drift-cask-project/

Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20160804030608/http://www.geographicalsociety.org/archive/drift-cask-project/
Author w:George W. Melville
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