General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

14

AKA

N/A

Patents

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General Description

.1-.11 METAL & SYNTHETIC GEOPHONES & CABLES, CORK GEOPHONE PLUGS/.12 METAL & SYNTHETIC CABLES & CONNECTORS, METAL HANGER/.13-.14 METAL & SYNTHETIC CABLES & CONNECTORS, WOOD HOLDERS

Dimensions

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

Length

7.5 cm

Width

2.7 cm

Height

9.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

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Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Mining and Metallurgy

Category

Mineral exploration

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

.12-.14 CW HANDWRITTEN TAGS INDICATING CABLES WERE VERIFIED AUG.27, 1974

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 GRAD STUDENTS & 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

.1-.11 "INCISED 14 300 L1 3 67" ON GEOPHONES

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE From CA of 11/26/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete

Finish

.1-.11 YELLOW GEOPHONES WITH BLACK CABLES, METALLIC & PLATED PARTS, RED SYNTHETIC BUTTON, NATURAL CORK PLUG/.12 BLACK CABLE WITH PLATED METAL & YELLOW SYNTHETIC CONNECTORS, ON METALLIC HANGER/.13-.14 BLACK CABLE WITH PLATED METAL & YELLOW SYNTHETIC CONNECTORS, ON UNFINISHED WOOD HOLDER

Decoration

N/A