General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

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Patents

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General Description

METAL & SYNTHETIC GEOPHONE/ SYNTHETIC CONNECTOR WITH METAL BANDS AT OPPOSITE END OF CABLE/ SYNTHETIC COVERED METAL WIRING

Dimensions

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

Length

27.5 cm

Width

3.5 cm

Height

3.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Mining and Metallurgy

Category

Mineral exploration

Sub-Category

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Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

Unknown

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 GRADSTUDENTS & TEACHING AIDS FOR UNDERGRAD GEOLOGY STUDENTS AT LAVAL CA.1960-1995.

Function

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

MOULDED "HALL-SEARS INC." ON CONNECTOR

Missing

COMPLETE From CA of 02/21/2002 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete

Finish

GOLD PAINTED GEOPHONE WITH BLACK PAINTED PARTS, GREY CONNECTOR WITH GOLD PAINTED METAL BANDS/ BLACK CABLE

Decoration

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