Seismograph component

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OBJECT TYPE: LONG PERIOD/VERTICAL
DATE: 1967
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.1596.001

MANUFACTURER: Sprengnether Instrument Co.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 3352
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 6
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL AND SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

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

Length: 65.0 cm
Width: 40.0 cm
Height: 59.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Physics
Category: Geophysics
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Sprengnether
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Missouri
City: St. Louis

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: THIS ONE USED FROM 1967 PROBABLY TO THE 1980S. PROBABLY STARTED BEING MADE C. 1951
Canada: THIS DEVICE WAS PART OF A SEISMOGRAPH STATION WHICH WAS ONE OF ABOUT 2 DOZEN THAT WERE INSTALLED ACROSS CANADA IN THE GSC'S NETWORK TO MONITOR ACTIVITY OF THE EARTH'S CRUST TO DETERMINE THE LOCATION OF EARTHQUAKES. THIS INFORMATION WAS USED BY RESEARCHERS STUDYING DYNAMICS OF THE EARTH'S CRUST & PLATE DYNAMICS [REF 3]
Function: INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING MOTIONS OF THE GROUND THAT RESULT FROM NATURAL DISTURBANCES SUCH AS EARTH QUAKES AND EXPLOSIONS [REF 2]
Technical: SEISMOGRAPHS HAVE UTILIZED PENDULUMS AS THE MOTION SENSING DEVICE FOR 1 1/2 C. THIS ONE USES SENSITIVE ELECTROMAGNETS TO DETECT PENDULUM MOTION WHICH IN TURN RECORDED MOTION OF A MIRROR IN A GALVANOMETER ON PHOTOGRAPHIC PAPER. MODERN ONES RECORD THE CURRENT VARIATIONS IN THE ELECTROMAGNETS FEEDING INTO A COMPUTE [REF 3]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MFG'S PLATE: '[LOGO]/ SPRENGHETHER INSTRUMENT CO./ ST. LOUIS, MO./ U.S.A./ 2768'
Missing: POSSIBLY COVER From CA of 02/21/2002 by Matthew Bruce: Yes - no lid
Finish: FRAME- GREY HAMMELIN FINISH
Decoration: N/A

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