Gravity meter casing
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1946
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.2124.001
- MANUFACTURER
- North American Geophysical Co.
- MODEL
- AG-1
- LOCATION
- Houston, Texas, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 85
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC CASING; METAL SUPPORT RING & CARRYING HANDLES; SOME SYNTHETIC & METAL COMPONENTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 33.0 cm
- Width
- 28.5 cm
- Height
- 32.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Physics
- Category
- Geophysics
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- North American
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Texas
- City
- Houston
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS INSTRUMENT USED C.1946-1949 & 1952-1953, AND POSSIBLY LATER
- Canada
-
USED BY DOMINION OBSERVATORY STAFF ENGAGED IN GRAVITY SURVEYS INCANADA. USED TO MEASURE GRAVITY IN ORDER TO PREPARE AND UPDATE MAPS DETAILING GRAVITATIONAL FIELD OF CANADA. - Function
-
TO MEASURE GRAVITY - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF EARLY GRAVITY METER & SHOCK-ABSORBING BASKET. G-METERS LARGELY REPLACED PENDULUM IN GRAVITY MEASUREMENT STUDIES BY C.1930. GRAVITY METERS ALSO USED TO PROVIDE DATA FOR STUDIES RELATED TO CRUSTAL & GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES, GEODETIC SURVEYING, AND IN MINING & PETROLEUM FIELD SURVEYS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 MFR'S PLATE SCREWED TO FRONT READS: 'NORTH AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL CO./ HOUSTON, TEXAS/ GRAVITY METER AG-1-NO.85/ PATENT NO. 2523075'. GSC EQUIPMENT INVENTORY DECAL, MOUNTED BELOW, READS: 'GR 00049'. ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS INSIDE DRUM LABELLED VARI0USLY: 'OUT', 'IN', 'ISL', 'ISD', 'OSD' & 'OSL'. PT COMPONENTS LABELLED 'SPECIAL 2-1-[--]3' & '10-20-57'
- Missing
- GRAVITY METER IS EXTERNAL SHELL ONLY- ALL COMPONENTS (SAVE CONNECTING PLUGS) AND METER CONTROL PANEL ARE MISSING From CA of 02/01/2002 by Matthew Bruce: Yes - not complete - parts missing from .001
- Finish
- OFF-WHITE EXTERIOR CASING, WITH SILVER METAL HANDLES & RIM ON BASE; LIGHT BROWN INTERIOR/\
- Decoration
- N/A
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North American Geophysical Co., Gravity meter casing, before 1946, Artifact no. 1987.2124, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.2124.001/
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