General Information

Serial #

10

Part Number

1

Total Parts

8

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

MAHOGANY, BRASS FITTINGS & HARDWARE, STEEL PARTS, BAKELITE, CEMENT

Dimensions

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

Length

35.5 cm

Width

24.0 cm

Height

54.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Physics

Category

Geophysics

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Munro

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

London

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

British Columbia

Period

1898-1936

Canada

Part of the first international network of seismographs set up by the British Association for the advancement of Science in the 1890's. This unit was no. 10.

Function

To record horizontal motion of the earth due to earthquakes.

Technical

First type of seismograph which could be used to record large earthquakes at any point on the land surface of the planet.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BRASS PLAQUE READS: 'PROF. JOHN MILNE'S F.R.S./ UNFELT EARTH MOVEMENT/ RECORDER NO. 10/ R.W. MUNRO, LONDON/ Sole Maker'.

Missing

SPECIFIC PARTS IDENTIFIED BY PACIFIC GEOSCIENCE CENTRE.

Finish

BLACK LACQUER/ VARNISH (?)

Decoration

N/A