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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.2125.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Atlas Exploration Co.
- MODEL
- C-24
- LOCATION
- Houston, Texas, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- PRIMARILY METAL, WITH GLASS & SYNTHETIC COMPONENT PARTS/.2 WOODEN CRATE HOUSES METAL, RUBBER, GLASS & SYNTHETIC COMPONENT PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 38.0 cm
- Width
- 37.0 cm
- Height
- 44.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Physics
- Category
- Geophysics
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Atlas
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Texas
- City
- Houston
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS INSTRUMENT USED BY DOMINION OBSERVATORY STAFF BETWEEN 1946-1947
- Canada
-
USED BY DOMINION OBSERVATORY STAFF ENGAGED IN GRAVITY SURVEYS IN THE CANADIAN SHIELD IN NORTHERN ONTARIO IN 1946-1947. (REF.1,P.170). Used by A.H. Miller (ref. 1, p. 168). - Function
-
TO MEASURE GRAVITY - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF EARLY GRAVITY METER, THE INSTRUMENT WHICH LARGELY REPLACED THE PENDULUM IN GRAVITY MEASUREMENT STUDIES BY C.1930. GRAVITY METERS ALSO USED TO PROVIDE DATA FOR STUDIES RELATED TO CRUSTAL & GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES, GEODETIC SURVEYING, AND IN MINING AND PETROLEUMFIELD SURVEYS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR'S PLATE SCREWED TO G-METER FRONT READS: 'GRAVIMETER C-24/ ATLAS EXPLORATION CO./ HOUSTON, TEXAS/ MADE IN U.S.A.' GSC EQUIPMENT INVENTORY DECAL, BELOW, READS: 'GR 62022/ DO NOT REMOVE THIS TAG.' MASKING TAPE LABEL WITH HANDWRITTEN TEXT READS: 'OLD INSTRUMENT'. CONTACTS ON AUXILIARY CONTROL PANEL LABELLED VARIOUSLY 'HEAT', 'AMP.MA.', 'STIRRER', 'INST.' & 'THERM.'; METER AT TOP READS: 'MADE IN U.S.A. BY THE TRIPLETT ELEC. INSTR. CO. BLUFFTON, OHIO./ [SCALE- 0-10] D.C. AMPERES/ TRIPLETT/ MODEL 0221-T/ PATENT 2,346,521/ 2,364,724 OTHERS/ PENDING' PT CASE CONTAINING SPARE & REPLACEMENT PARTS MARKED 'ATLAS/ GRAVIMETER/ PARTS'
- Missing
- GRAVITY METER IS INCOMPLETE: EXTENT OR SPECIFICS OF MISSING PARTS UNKNOWN, AS IS EXTENT TO WHICH ACCOMPANYING PTS COULD BE USED TO REBUILD INSTRUMENT From CA of 02/04/2002 by Matthew Bruce: Undetermined - does not seem complete
- Finish
- EXTERIOR CASING OF G-METER HAS BROWN WRINKLE-TEXTURED FINISH; 2 LARGE SILVER METAL CARRYING HANDLES MOUNTED ON EITHER SIDE/ PT CASE PAINTED LIGHT GREY
- Decoration
- N/A
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Atlas Exploration Co., Gravimeter, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1987.2125, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1987.2125.001/
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