General Information

Serial #

35289

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL CASINGS & PARTS; SYNTHETIC CONTROLS, METER CASING & PARTS/.2 METAL CASING, SYNTHETIC PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

55.4 cm

Width

35.5 cm

Height

29.0 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

Geo Space

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Texas

City

Houston

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

Unknown

Canada

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 TO SUPPORT CONTRACT RESEARCH, & AS TEACHING APPARATUS FOR HIS GRAD STUDENTS & TEACHING AIDS FOR UNDERGRAD GEOLOGY STUDENTS AT LAVAL CA.1960-1995.

Function

INSTRUMENT USED IN GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATION TO ANALYSE & RECORD PHOTOGRAPHICALLY GROUND STRUCTURE, FROM DATA PROVIDED BY GEOPHONES. UP TO 12 GEOPHONES WOULD BE STRUNG IN LINE & EXPLOSION OR IMPACT WOULD BE CREATED. DELAY TIME OF PICKUP AT DIFFERENT GEOPHONES WOULD PROVIDE DETAILS OF GROUND STRUCTURE (RCB, JAN 2000).

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 BLACK LETTERING ON CONTROL PANEL READS "GEO SPACE CORPORATION/ HOUSTON, TEXAS MADE IN U.S.A./ PORTABLE REFRACTION SYSTEM/ MODEL GT-2-A SERIAL 35289"; BLACK LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS; BLACK & ON METER FACE/.2 LABEL ON BACK READS "GRAPHIC (R)1/ POLAROID (R)2 LAND CAMERA BACK/ GRAFLEX, INC. ROCHESTER, N.Y. U.S.A./ (R)1 Reg. T.M. Graflex, Inc. (R)2 Reg. T.M. Polaroid Corp."; YELLOW LETTERING IN INTERIOR READS "CB 416239/ POLAROID (R) LAND CAMERA BACK/ Series Forty Roll Film Adapter/ POLAROID CORPORATION CAMBRIDGE, MASS." & "MADE IN U.S.A." WITH PATENT NOS.

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE From CA of 11/23/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete

Finish

.1 BRUSHED METAL CASING, CONTROL PANEL; METALLIC & PLATED PARTS; BLACK & BROWN SYNTHETIC; BLACK WRINKLE FINISHED CAMERA BACK MOUNT/.2 BLACK WRINKLE FINISHED BODY, BRUSHED & BLACK PAINTED PARTS

Decoration

.1 BLACK MFR.'S LOGO "GS" ON CONTROL PANEL & METER FACE/ PARALLEL RAISED RIDGES ON CASING TOP. INCISED LINES ON CASING BOTTOM