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Mystery Item

This is a geophysical item..... Do you know what it is?

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Mystery Item

April 2023

Mystery Item April2023

This is a smoked paper recorder which was used in earthquake studies and monitoring.

 

It was donated by Mark Willis along with low frequency geophones also used in earthquake studies.

Mystery Item April2023

Mystery Item

February 2023

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This is a cut-a way version of a gravity meter from the GSH museum Collection.  It is from 1940 and the manufacturer was Atlas.  The donor was Bible Geophysical.

The instrument is included in the GSH Museum display at Lone Star College-North Harris.

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Mystery Item

January 2023

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The Mystery Item for January 2023 is an offshore seismic detector planter and was donated to the GSH Museum by Sun Oil.

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Mystery Item

October 2023

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The Wilson magnetometer was used mainly for regional magnetometer surveys on land.  It was usually used on a plane table and included a Brunton compass. This model is from 1929 and was manufactured by Ainsworth and donated by Texaco.

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Mystery Item

September 2023

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Light Box used with a torsion balance in the 1920’s to help with the gravity readings.  It was built and donated by Humble Oil.

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