Wave measuring apparatus

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WAVE MEASURING AND TELEMETERING APPARATUS COMPRISING: AN ELONGATED CYLINDRICAL HOUSING SUITABLE FOR DROPPING INTO THE OCEAN; A BATTERY WITHIN THE SAID HOUSING; A RADIO TRANSMITTER WITHIN THE SAID HOUSING OPERABLE FROM THE SAID BATTERY; AN INFLATABLE BALLOON ATTACHED TO THE UPPER END OF THE SAID HOUSING, THE SAID BALLOON, WHEN INFLATED, HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER BUOYANCY RELATIVE TO THE SAID HOUSING; A FLEXIBLE ANTENNA ATTACHED WITHIN THE SAID BALLOON AND CONNECTED TO THE OUTPUT OF THE SAID TRANSMITTER; MEANS FOR INFLATING THE SAID BALLOON WHEN THE SAID HOUSING IS DROPPED IN THE WATER, THE SAID ANTENNA SAID HOUSING IS DROPPED IN THE WATER, THE SAID ANTENNA BEING THEREBY ERECTED AND MAINTAINED SUBSTANTIALLY ABOVE BODY SEPARABLE FROM THE SAID HOUSING; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE WIRES FOR SUSPENDING THE SAID PLUMMET BODY BENEATH THE SAID HOUSING AT A DEPTH SUBSTANTIALLY FREE FROM ORBITAL WATER MOTION INDUCED BY SURFACE WABES; A BLADED ROTOR ATTACHED TO THE SAID PLUMMET BODY, THE SAID ROTOR BEING FREE TO ROTATE RELATIVE TO THE SAID PLUMMET BODY WHEN MOVED VERTICALLY THROUGH THE WATER; A MAGNETIC REED SWITCH MOUNTED WITHIN THE SAID PLUMMET BODY; A MAGNET MOUNTED WITHIN THE SAID ROTOT, THE SAID SWITCH BEING THEREBY CLOSED FOR A BRIEF INTERVAL FOR EACH REVOLUTION OF THE SAID ROTOR; AND MEANS FOR PULSE MODULATING THE SAID TRANSMITTER WITH EACH CLOSURE OF THE MAGNETIC SWITCH, RADIO SIGNALS BEING THEREBY TRANSMITTED WHICH ARE INDICATIVE OF THE VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS OF THE SAID HOUSING AS IT FLOATS ON THE SURFACE OF THE OCEAN.