Accession No

2648

Brief Description

geophone (underwater seismic sensor), by Cambridge Department of Geophysics, English, 1939

Origin

Cambridge; England

Maker

Cambridge Department of Geophysics

Class

earth sciences

Earliest Date

1939

Latest Date

1939

Inscription Date

Material

metal

Dimensions

length 265mm; breadth 220mm; height 90mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Department of Geophysics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 06/1980.

Inscription

‘No 3’

Description Notes

Underwater seismic sensor (geophone), consisting externally of two metal saucers bolted together at their rims, a screw-in metal loop and a hole for a bolt, pierced centrally to take an electric lead.

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