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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

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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

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