Base and main part for Milne horizontal pendulum seismograph
Base and main part from Milne horizontal pendulum seismograph, by R.W. Munro, 1899.
- Object Number:
- 1899-63 Pt1
- type:
- seismographs
Milne horizontal pendulum seismograph, 1899.
Milne horizontal pendulum seismograph, by R.W. Munro, London, 1899. The instrument was adopted by the British Association as a standard observatory instrument.
John Milne (1851-1913) designed the first horizontal pendulum seismograph in 1895. This example, made by R W Munro, is number 24 in the series and incorporated several improvements. It was adopted as a standard observatory seismograph by the British Association for the Advancement of Science. Milne was a brilliant English geologist who lived and worked in Tokyo, Japan, and is regarded as the founding father of seismology.
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Parts
Support pillar and recorder for Milne horizontal pendulum seismograph
Support pillar and recorder from Milne horizontal pendulum seismograph, by R. W. Munro, London, 1899. Fitted with detachable modified pocket watch.
- Measurements:
-
overall: 13.285kg
recording device: 445 mm x 470 mm x 200 mm, ,
pillar: 550 mm x 270 mm x 240 mm, ,
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified) , brass (copper, zinc alloy) , paper (fibre product) , glass , iron , velvet , copper wire , steel (metal) , rubber (unidentified) , string , silk and nickel plated
- Object Number:
- 1899-63 Pt2
- type:
- seismograph
Recorder for Milne horizontal pendulum seismograph
Recorder from Milne horizontal pendulum seismograph, by R. W. Munro, London, 1899. Fitted with detachable modified pocket watch.
- Object Number:
- 1899-63 Pt2/1
- type:
- seismograph
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
- Part of:
- 1899-63 Pt2
Support pillar for Milne horizontal pendulum seismograph
Support pillar from Milne horizontal pendulum seismograph, by R. W. Munro, London, 1899.
- Object Number:
- 1899-63 Pt2/2
- type:
- pillar
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
- Part of:
- 1899-63 Pt2
Boom for Milne horizontal pendulum seismograph
Boom for Milne horizontal pendulum seismograph, by R.W. Munro, London, 1899. The instrument was adopted by the British Association as a standard observatory instrument.
