Compensated salinometer

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION FOR MEASURING THE SALINITY OF SEA WATER, A FIRST WINDING CONSTRUCTED TO BE DISPOSED IN SAID SEA WATER, FIRST MEANS OPERATIVELY COUPLED TO SAID FIRST WINDING FOR INTRODUCING TO SAID WINDING A SIGNAL HAVING PARTICULAR CHARACTERISTICS, A SECOND WINDING CONSTRUCTED TO BE DISPOSED IN SAID SEA WATER AND MAGNETICALLY AND ELECTROSTATICALLY SHIELDED FROM THE FIRST WINDING FOR A COUPLED RELATIONSHIP TO SAID FIRST WINDING ONLY THROUGH SAID SEA WATER TO OBTAIN AN INDUCTION IN SAID SECOND WINDING OF A SIGNAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SAID SEA WATER, THE SALINITY CHARACTERISTICS OF SAID SEA WATER, SECOND MEANS OPERATIVELY COUPLED TO SAID SECOND WINDING FOR PROVIDING AN INDICATION OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SIGNAL INDUCED IN SAID SECOND WINDING, AND THIRD MEANS COUPLED ELECTRICALLY TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND WINDINGS FOR PROVIDING A COMPENSATION FOR VARIATIONS IN THE TEMPERATURE OF SAID SEA WATER IN ACCORDANCE WITH VARIATIONS IN THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SIGNAL INDUCED IN SAID SECOND WINDING, SAID THIRD MEANS INCLUDING A FIRST IMPEDANCE CONSTRUCTED TO BE DISPOSED IN THE SEA WATER, SAID THIRD MEANS INCLUDES FIRST AND SECOND BRIDGES AND WHEREIN SAID FIRST BRIDGE INCLUDES SAID FIRST WINDING AND AT LEAST THE FIRST IMPEDANCE AND A SECOND IMPEDANCE AND WHEREIN SAID FIRST IMPEDANCE IS CONSTRUCTED TO BE DISPOSED IN SAID SEA WATER TO PROVIDE VARIABLE CHARACTERISTICS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VARIATIONS IN THE TEMPERATURE OF SAID SEA WATER AND WHEREIN SAID SECOND BRIDGE INCLUDES SAID SECOND WINDING AND AT LEAST THIRD AND FOURTH IMPEDANCES AND WHEREIN SAID FIRST AND SECOND BRIDGES ARE CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER, AND WHEREIN THE THIRD IMPEDANCE IS CONSTRUCTED TO BE DISPOSED IN THE SEA WATER.