General Information

Serial #

803333

Part Number

1

Total Parts

6

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

NON-FERROUS METAL CASINGS & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS & CABLES/ GLASS DIAL WINDOW/ METAL CASE WITH PAPER SHIPPING LABELS & FOAM PADDING

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

30.0 cm

Width

26.5 cm

Height

47.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Mining and Metallurgy

Category

Mineral exploration

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Sharpe

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Downsview

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

1960S-1970S

Canada

CANADIAN MADE INSTRUMENT, ONE OF COLLECTION USED BY PROF. M.K. SEGUIN WHILE IN GEOLOGY DEPT. OF U. OF LAVAL, QUEBEC DURING 1960S TO CA. 1990. THEY WERE ACQUIRED BY SEGUIN TO SUPPORT CONTRACT RESEARCH, & AS TEACHING APPARATUS FOR HIS GRAD STUDENTS & TEACHING AIDS FOR UNDERGRAD GEOLOGY STUDENTS AT LAVALCA.1960-1995.

Function

INSTRUMENT USED IN GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATION TO MEASURE THE VERTICAL COMPONENT OF THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD.

Technical

AN EXAMPLE OF A SELF-LEVELLING, FLUXGATE TYPE ELECTRONIC MAGNETOMETER PRODUCED. THE MEASURING PRECISION OF THIS MODEL IS ABOUT 20 NT. IT WAS USED IN CANADIAN GEOLOGICAL & MINERAL EXPLORATION DURING 1960S & 1970S.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 PLATE READING "MAGNETOMETER/ MODEL MF-IGBRT/ SER. NO. 803333/ SHARPE INSTRUMENTS OF CANADA LIMITED"; BLACK LETTERING ON DIAL READS "GAMMA" & "MODEL 321"; BLUE LABEL READS "ASSET/ NO. 9106"/.2 LABEL READING "Model BE-16-110/ Ser. No. 50513/ SHARPE INSTRUMENTS OF CANADA LIMITED/ DOWNSVIEW ONTARIO"/.3 BLACK HANDWRITTEN "7" ON END/ RED STENCILLED LETTERING ON CASE READS "HANDLE WITH CARE/ DELICATE INSTRUMENT" & "SHARPE INSTRUMENTS/ DOWNSVIEW, ONTARIO"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

.1 METALLIC GREY CASING, WHITE DIAL WITH BLACK SURROUND & LEVEL/.2 METALLIC GREY CASING, PLATED PARTS, BLACK & BROWN SYNTHETIC/ GREY PAINTED CASE/.3 METALLIC GREY CASING, ORANGE SYNTHETIC

Decoration

N/A