General Information

Serial #

661026

Part Number

1

Total Parts

18

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 NON-FERROUS METAL CASING & PARTS, GLASS PARTS & SPIRIT LEVELS/.2-.3 METAL/ FERROUS METAL CASE WITH FOAM PADDING/ METAL TOOLS, 2 WITH SYNTHETIC HANDLES/ SYNTHETIC BAG

Dimensions

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

Length

N/A

Width

29.0 cm

Height

26.0 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

Askania

Country

Germany

State/Province

Unknown

City

Berlin

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

1950S-1970S; CW TAG PRINTED "CONTI ELECTRO" & "ASKANIA-WERKE", DATED 26 FEB. 1969

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

INSTRUMENT USED IN GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATION FOR MEASURING THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD, SPECIFICALLY THE VERTICAL COMPONENT.

Technical

ONE OF A PAIR OF EUROPEAN DESIGNED MAGNETOMETERS OF NON-ELECTRONIC TYPE WHICH WERE USED FOR MEASURING THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD, BOTH THE VERTICAL COMPONENT (970522) COMPONENT (970523). THEY ARE SIMILAR TO THE SCHMIDT BALANCE IN DESIGN BUT ARE EQUIPPED WITH TORSION WIRE SUSPENSION INSTEAD OF A QUARTZ KNIFE-EDGE. THIS TYPE OF MAGNETOMETER WAS USED IN CANADIAN EXPLORATION 1950-1975.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 INCISED BLACK "CONTINENTAL ELEKTROINDUSTRIE A.G./ ASKANIA/ BERLIN/ Nr. 661026/ MADE IN GERMANY" ON SIDE; INCISED BLACK "N" WITH DIRECTIONAL ARROW ON TOP; INCISED WHITE CONTROL MARKINGS/ CASE:BLACK "ASKANIA" & "MADE IN GERMANY"ON CASE LID/ MAGNET INCISED "N" ON ONE END & "S" ON OTHER/ MOULDED LETTERING ON SCREWDRIVER HANDLES READS "VANADIUM-EXTRA" & "BELZERYL GERMANY"; CAST LETTERING ON WRENCH HANDLES READS "VANADIUM-EXTRA GERMANY" & "BELZER-EINMAUL"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

.1 GREY HAMMERLINE FINISH, BLACK PAINTED PARTS, COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT & MIRROR GLASS/.2-.3 GREY HAMMERLINE FINISH/ CASE: GREY HAMMERLINE FINISH WITH YELLOWED FOAM/ METALLIC GREY PAINTED MAGNET/ RED SYNTHETIC SCREWDRIVER HANDLES, PLATED METAL BLADES/ PLATED METAL TOOLS/ YELLOW BAG

Decoration

.1 INCISED BLACK "ASKANIA" LOGO ON SIDE