Terrameter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- RESISTIVITY METER
- DATE
- 1966–1967
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0528.001
- MANUFACTURER
- ABEM
- MODEL
- 5312801-15
- LOCATION
- Sweden
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 194
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 13
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1-.2 METAL CASINGS, METAL CONTROLS & PARTS; SYNTHETIC INTERIOR COVER, CONTROLS, METER CASINGS, PARTS; FABRIC STRAP WITH LEATHER & FABRIC PAD/.3-.6 NON-FERROUS METAL/.7-.9 METAL HOLDERS WITH SYNTHETIC COVERED METAL WIRE/ WOOD BOX WITH METAL HARDWARE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 69.5 cm
- Width
- 48.0 cm
- Height
- 39.0 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
- ABEM
- Country
- Sweden
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- 1960S+
- Canada
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ONE OF COLLECTION OF INSTRUMENTS 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 TOSUPPORT CONTRACT RESEARCH, & AS TEACHING APPARATUS FOR HIS GRAD STUDENTS & TEACHING AIDS FOR UNDERGRAD GEOLOGY STUDENTS AT LAVAL CA.1960-1995. - Function
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INSTRUMENT USED IN GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATION TO MEASURE ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY PRIMARILY IN GROUNDWATER. - Technical
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THIS TYPE OF TERRAMETER HAS BEEN A POPULAR DEVICE FOR ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY MEASUREMENTS IN GROUNDWATER & SOME OTHER GEO-CHEMICAL EXPLORATIONS. THEY HAVE BEEN IN USE IN EUROPE & MANY OTHER COUNTRIES, INCLUDING CANADA, SINCE THEIR FIRST INTRODUCTION IN 1960S. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 WHITE LETTERING ON INTERIOR COVER READS "Atlas Copro" IN SMALL SCRIPT & "ABEM/ A.C. TERRAMETER V-BOX"; INTERIOR LABEL READS "MODEL/ 5312801-15-" & "SERIAL NO./ 104"; INTERIOR LABEL READS "GISCO/ geophysical instrument & supply company/ 900 BROADWAY, DENVER, COLORADO 80203 USA/ PHONE: 303 825-8914/ CABLE: GISCO/ A DIVISION OF SOILTEST, INC. A MEMBER OF THE CENCO GROUP"; WHITE LETTERING FOR CONTROLFUNCTIONS ON TRANSPARENT COVER/.2 SAME WHITE LETTERING EXCEPT "A.C. TERRAMETER G-BOX"; IDENTICAL INTERIOR LABELS; SAME WHITE LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS/ BLACK & BLUE LETTERING ON BOX READING "ANOTHER PRODUCT FROM/ ABEM"
- Missing
- UNKNOWN From CA of 11/22/2001 by Matthew Bruce: Yes - minor parts missing from spools
- Finish
- .1-.2 RED PAINTED CASINGS WITH GREY INTERIOR PANEL FOR CONTROLS; BLACK, RED, GREY, & COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT SYNTHETIC; METALLIC & BLACK PAINTED PARTS; BROWN STRAP WITH GREY PAD/.1 GREY WIRE COVERING/.3-.6 COPPER COLOURED/.7-.9 UNFINISHED REELS WITH RED OR YELLOW COVERED WIRE/ COATED WOOD BOX WITH METALLIC PARTS
- Decoration
- N/A
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ABEM, Terrameter, between 1966–1967, Artifact no. 1997.0528, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0528.001/
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