Geophone
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1964
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0542.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Geo Space Corp.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- 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
- METAL & SYNTHETIC GEOPHONES/ SYNTHETIC COVERED CABLES/ METAL PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 5.0 cm
- Width
- 3.8 cm
- Height
- 11.1 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
- 1960S+
- 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
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A SERIES OF GEOPHONES OR SEISMIC TRANSDUCERS CONNECTED TO CABLES ARE LINKED TO A SEISMOGRAPH & AN ARTIFICIAL SEISMIC WAVE IS CREATED BY MEANS OF AN EXPLOSION OR IMPACT. THE GEOPHONES DETECT SEISMIC WAVES & TRANSFORM THE DATA INTO ELECTRICAL IMPULSES WHICH CAN BE INTERPRETED TO REVEAL THE STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 INCISED LETTERING READING "GEO SPACE CORP./ PAT 3119978/ 14 50 K/ 667"; MOULDED "HALL-SEARS INC." ON CONNECTOR/.2 INCISED LETTERING READING "GEO SPACE CORP./ PAT.3119978/10 300/ 7 75"
- Missing
- .1 CONNECTOR TO INSTRUMENT IS MISSING From CA of 11/26/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
- Finish
- .1 YELLOW & GREY GEOPHONES WITH RED BUTTON, BLACK CABLE, METALLIC BANDS & PARTS, GREY CONNECTOR WITH METALLIC BANDS/.2 BLUE GEOPHONE WITH RED BUTTON, BLACK CABLE, METALLIC BANDS & PARTS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Geo Space Corp., Geophone, after 1964, Artifact no. 1997.0542, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1997.0542.001/
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