General Information

Serial #

609112

Part Number

1

Total Parts

5

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL CASING & INTERIOR CONTROL PANEL; METAL PARTS; SYNTHETIC CONTROLS & PARTS, CASE HANDLE; GLASS METER WINDOWS; RUBBER? FEET/.2 METAL FRAME & PARTS, INCLUDING WIRE; SYNTHETIC HANDLES & WIRE COVERING; CERAMIC GEO-ELECTRODES WITH METAL & SYNTHETIC PARTS; FIBRE INSULATION; SYNTHETIC FABRIC STRAP & CORD

Dimensions

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

Length

38.0 cm

Width

27.0 cm

Height

12.5 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

Sharpe

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

1960S-1980S

Canada

CANADIAN MADE INSTRUMENT, ONE OF COLLECTION 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 TO MEASURE THE SELF-POTENTIAL VOLTAGES IN THE GROUND DURING RESISTIVITY SURVEYS FOR SULPHIDE DEPOSITS.

Technical

THIS INSTRUMENT IS AN EARLY VERSION OF VOLTMETER WHICH WAS USED TO MEASURE THE SELF-POTENTIAL VOLTAGES IN THEGROUND DURING RESISTIVITY SURVEYS. SEE 970526 FOR LATER VERSION (MODEL RSP-6), APPARENTLY BY SAME MFR. UNDER DIFFERENT NAME.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 BLACK LETTERING ON CHASSIS READING "SELF. POT. & RESISTIVITY/ UNIT/ MODEL SP5-R", "SHARPE INSTRUMENTS/ OF CANADA LIMITED" & "SERIAL No. 609112 [INCISED]"; BLACK LETTERING ON CHASSIS FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS; BLACK LETTERING ON METERS READING "Simpson"; PARTIALLY ILLEGIBLE PAPER LABEL ON CASE EXTERIOR APPEARS TO READ "UNIVERSITE DE LAVAL/ FACULTES DES SCIENCES/ DEPARTMENT DE GEOLOGIE/ CITE UNIVERSITAIRE/ QUEBEC 10e CANADA"/.2 BLUE LETTERING READING "GEO-ELECTRODE/ SP"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

.1 BLACK PAINTED CASE WITH BROWN HANDLE; BRUSHED METAL CONTROL PANEL; BLACK & RED CONTROLS; BLACK METER CASINGS, WHITE DIALS, COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT WINDOWS; PLATED PARTS; BLACK FEET/.2 BLACK PAINTED FRAME; PLATED & METALLIC PARTS; BLUE & RED WIRE COVERINGS; WHITE CERAMIC WITH BROWN & BLACK SYNTHETIC & PLATED PARTS; GREEN STRAP & CORD

Decoration

N/A