Hammer, geophone
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0539.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 METAL HAMMER HEAD; WOOD HANDLE WRAPPED WITH SYNTHETIC ELECTRICAL TAPE; METAL & SYNTHETIC GEOPHONE & WIRING; METAL & SYNTHETIC PARTS/.2 SYNTHETIC COVERED METAL WIRING ON METAL HANGER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 86.5 cm
- Width
- 19.5 cm
- Height
- 6.5 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- .2 CW HANDWRITTEN TAG INDICATING CABLE WAS VERIFIED AUG. 27, 1974
- 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 WEREACQUIRED 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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HAMMER-LIKE DEVICE USED IN GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATION TO CREATE IMPACT ON GROUND. RESULTING SOUND WOULD REFRACT OFF LAYERS OF GROUND & DELAY TIME OF PICKUP AT DIFFERENT GEOPHONES PLACED IN LINE WOULD PROVIDE DETAILS OF GROUND STRUCTURE. THIS HAMMER HAS GEOPHONE ATTACHED. - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 INCISED LETTERING ON HAMMER HEAD READS "12" & " PLUMB/ USA"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE From CA of 11/26/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
- Finish
- .1 BLACK PAINTED HEAD; RED PAINTED HANDLE WITH YELLOW SECTION; YELLOW GEOPHONE WITH BLACK CABLE; BLACK ELECTRICAL TAPE; PLATED & METALLIC PARTS/.2 BLACK SYNTHETIC COVERED WIRING, METALLIC HANGER
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Hammer, geophone, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1997.0539, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0539.001/
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