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- OBJECT TYPE
- QUARTZ ELEMENT
- DATE
- 1948
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0518.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Sharpe Instruments Ltd.
- MODEL
- CG-2
- LOCATION
- Downsview, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 10
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 METAL CASING & PARTS; SYNTHETIC & GLASS PARTS; METAL CASES WITH FOAM PADDING COVERED IN CANVAS, CORD/.2 METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 35.0 cm
- Height
- 65.0 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
- Sharpe
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Downsview
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- 1940S-1970S; CW HANDWRITTEN TAG INDICATING INSTRUMENT WAS VERIFIED AUG. 27, 1974
- Canada
-
CANADIAN MADE INSTRUMENT, ONE OF COLLECTION OF 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 FORUNDERGRAD GEOLOGY STUDENTS AT LAVAL CA.1960-1995. - Function
-
INSTRUMENT USED IN GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATION TO MEASURE THE EARTH'S GRAVITATIONAL FIELD TO A PRECISION OF ABOUT 50 MGAL. - Technical
-
GRAVITY METERS OF THIS TYPE WERE PRODUCED FROM 1959 TO 1985 & WERE ONE OF THE MOST COMMONLY USED INSTRUMENT FOR GEOLOGICAL MAPPING, HYDROCARBON & MINERAL EXPLORATION DURING THAT PERIOD, IN CANADA & WORLDWIDE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE ON INSTRUMENT READING "GRAVITY METER CG-2/ SERIAL No 200/ SHARPE INSTRUMENTS OF CANADA LIMITED"/ METALLIC LETTERING ON TOP FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS & READING "SHARPE INSTRUMENTS OF CANADA LIMITED"/ RED STENCILLED LETTERING ON CASE READS "HANDLE WITH CARE/ DELICATE INSTRUMENT" & "SHARPE INSTRUMENTS/ OF CANADA LIMITED/ DOWNSVIEW, ONTARIO"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- PLATED METAL WITH BLACK METAL & SYNTHETIC PARTS, GREY WRINKLE FINISHED BASE & HANDLES; GREY PAINTED OUTER CASE EXTERIOR WITH GALVANIZED? INTERIOR & INTERIOR CASE; BROWN FABRIC
- Decoration
- BLACK MFR.'S LOGO ON PLATE & METALLIC GREY LOGO ON TOP OF INSTRUMENT
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Sharpe Instruments Ltd., Gravimeter, circa 1948, Artifact no. 1997.0518, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1997.0518.001/
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