General Information

Serial #

194

Part Number

1

Total Parts

13

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1-.2 METAL CASINGS, METAL CONTROLS & PARTS; SYNTHETIC INTERIOR COVER, CONTROLS, METER CASINGS, PARTS; FABRIC STRAP WITH LEATHER & FABRIC PAD/.3-.6 NON-FERROUS METAL/.7-.9 METAL HOLDERS WITH SYNTHETIC COVERED METAL WIRE/ WOOD BOX WITH METAL HARDWARE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

69.5 cm

Width

48.0 cm

Height

39.0 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

ABEM

Country

Sweden

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

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 TOSUPPORT 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 MEASURE ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY PRIMARILY IN GROUNDWATER.

Technical

THIS TYPE OF TERRAMETER HAS BEEN A POPULAR DEVICE FOR ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY MEASUREMENTS IN GROUNDWATER & SOME OTHER GEO-CHEMICAL EXPLORATIONS. THEY HAVE BEEN IN USE IN EUROPE & MANY OTHER COUNTRIES, INCLUDING CANADA, SINCE THEIR FIRST INTRODUCTION IN 1960S.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 WHITE LETTERING ON INTERIOR COVER READS "Atlas Copro" IN SMALL SCRIPT & "ABEM/ A.C. TERRAMETER V-BOX"; INTERIOR LABEL READS "MODEL/ 5312801-15-" & "SERIAL NO./ 104"; INTERIOR LABEL READS "GISCO/ geophysical instrument & supply company/ 900 BROADWAY, DENVER, COLORADO 80203 USA/ PHONE: 303 825-8914/ CABLE: GISCO/ A DIVISION OF SOILTEST, INC. A MEMBER OF THE CENCO GROUP"; WHITE LETTERING FOR CONTROLFUNCTIONS ON TRANSPARENT COVER/.2 SAME WHITE LETTERING EXCEPT "A.C. TERRAMETER G-BOX"; IDENTICAL INTERIOR LABELS; SAME WHITE LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS/ BLACK & BLUE LETTERING ON BOX READING "ANOTHER PRODUCT FROM/ ABEM"

Missing

UNKNOWN From CA of 11/22/2001 by Matthew Bruce: Yes - minor parts missing from spools

Finish

.1-.2 RED PAINTED CASINGS WITH GREY INTERIOR PANEL FOR CONTROLS; BLACK, RED, GREY, & COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT SYNTHETIC; METALLIC & BLACK PAINTED PARTS; BROWN STRAP WITH GREY PAD/.1 GREY WIRE COVERING/.3-.6 COPPER COLOURED/.7-.9 UNFINISHED REELS WITH RED OR YELLOW COVERED WIRE/ COATED WOOD BOX WITH METALLIC PARTS

Decoration

N/A