Refraction system
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PORTABLE
- DATE
- 1951
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0536.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Geo Space Corp.
- MODEL
- GT-2-A
- LOCATION
- Houston, Texas, United States of America
More Information
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
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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 TO SUPPORT 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 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
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Unknown - Area Notes
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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
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Geo Space Corp., Refraction system, after 1951, Artifact no. 1997.0536, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0536.001/
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