Seismograph
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- OBJECT TYPE
- horizontal pendulum
- DATE
- 1896–1898
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0902.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Munro, R.W.
- MODEL
- Milne
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 10
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 8
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- MAHOGANY, BRASS FITTINGS & HARDWARE, STEEL PARTS, BAKELITE, CEMENT
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 35.5 cm
- Width
- 24.0 cm
- Height
- 54.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Physics
- Category
- Geophysics
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Munro
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- British Columbia
- Period
- 1898-1936
- Canada
-
Part of the first international network of seismographs set up by the British Association for the advancement of Science in the 1890's. This unit was no. 10. - Function
-
To record horizontal motion of the earth due to earthquakes. - Technical
-
First type of seismograph which could be used to record large earthquakes at any point on the land surface of the planet. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BRASS PLAQUE READS: 'PROF. JOHN MILNE'S F.R.S./ UNFELT EARTH MOVEMENT/ RECORDER NO. 10/ R.W. MUNRO, LONDON/ Sole Maker'.
- Missing
- SPECIFIC PARTS IDENTIFIED BY PACIFIC GEOSCIENCE CENTRE.
- Finish
- BLACK LACQUER/ VARNISH (?)
- Decoration
- N/A
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Munro, R.W., Seismograph, circa 1896–1898, Artifact no. 1968.0902, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1968.0902.001/
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