"johannes muller" (right) and "frank balfour" (left), the two steam launches of the naples zoological station, at mergellina. On the left in the background: the naples station (overexposed but visible above the smaller boat). December 1891. (dohrn archives) in 1877 the berlin academy of sciences and the prussian ministry of education provided funds for the "johannes muller," a 5-ton steam launch. The boat served for both collecting and excursion trips and important guests to the station were usually taken on an excursion on the "vaporetto" the view the gulf of naples. The boat were named for the biologists johannes peter müller (1801 –1858)and francis (frank) maitland balfour (1851-1882).
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