Gravimeter part collection
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.2125.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Wooden box with metal and synthetic parts inside
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 54.0 cm
- Width
- 33.5 cm
- Height
- 26.3 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Physics
- Category
- Geophysics
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS INSTRUMENT USED BY DOMINION OBSERVATORY STAFF BETWEEN 1946-1947
- Canada
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USED BY DOMINION OBSERVATORY STAFF ENGAGED IN GRAVITY SURVEYS IN THE CANADIAN SHIELD IN NORTHERN ONTARIO IN 1946-1947. (REF.1,P.170). Used by A.H. Miller (ref. 1, p. 168). - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
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EXAMPLE OF EARLY GRAVITY METER, THE INSTRUMENT WHICH LARGELY REPLACED THE 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 AND PETROLEUMFIELD SURVEYS. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- Unknown
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Gravimeter part collection, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1987.2125, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.2125.002/
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