General Information

Serial #

681649

Part Number

1

Total Parts

19

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 NON-FERROUS METAL CASING & PARTS, GLASS PARTS & SPIRIT LEVELS/.2 METAL CASING & PARTS, GLASS WINDOW/.3 NON-FERROUS METAL/.4 WOOD TRIPOD WITH METAL PARTS, LEATHER CASE/ 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

Canada

ONE OF COLLECTION OF INSTRUMENTS USED BYPROF. 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 HORIZONTAL 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 "Gfh/ CONTINENTAL ELEKTROINDUSTRIE A.G./ ASKANIA/ BERLIN/ Nr. 681649/ MADE IN GERMANY" ON SIDE; INCISED BLACK "N" WITH DIRECTIONAL ARROW ON TOP; INCISED WHITE CONTROL MARKINGS/.2 INCISED BLACK LETTERING ON SIDE READING "680599/ MADE IN GERMANY"; INCISED WHITE SCALE MARKINGS, INCISED BLACK "N" "E" "S" "W"/ 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"/.4 INCISED BLACK "680570/ MADE IN GERMANY" ON HEAD

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

.1 GREY HAMMERLINE FINISH, BLACK PAINTED PARTS, MIRROR & COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS/.2 CASING PAINTED GLOSSY GREY, WITH WHITE FACE, BLACK SCALE & NEEDLE, COLOURLESS WINDOW/.3 GREY HAMMERLINE FINISH WITH BRUSHED & BLACK PAINTED PARTS/.4 COATED NATURAL WOOD; GREY HAMMERLINE, BLACK PAINTED, BRASS COLOURED METAL; BROWN LEATHER/ CASE: GREY HAMMERLINE FINISH/ RED SYNTHETIC SCREWDRIVER HANDLES & PLATED METAL TOOLS/ YELLOW BAG

Decoration

.1,.2,.4 INCISED BLACK "ASKANIA" LOGO ON SIDE