General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL & SYNTHETIC GEOPHONES/ SYNTHETIC COVERED CABLES/ METAL PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

5.0 cm

Width

3.8 cm

Height

11.1 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

Geo Space

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Texas

City

Houston

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

1960S+

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 INCISED LETTERING READING "GEO SPACE CORP./ PAT 3119978/ 14 50 K/ 667"; MOULDED "HALL-SEARS INC." ON CONNECTOR/.2 INCISED LETTERING READING "GEO SPACE CORP./ PAT.3119978/10 300/ 7 75"

Missing

.1 CONNECTOR TO INSTRUMENT IS MISSING From CA of 11/26/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete

Finish

.1 YELLOW & GREY GEOPHONES WITH RED BUTTON, BLACK CABLE, METALLIC BANDS & PARTS, GREY CONNECTOR WITH METALLIC BANDS/.2 BLUE GEOPHONE WITH RED BUTTON, BLACK CABLE, METALLIC BANDS & PARTS

Decoration

N/A