Horizontal pendulum seismograph designed by John Milne and operated at Kew Observatory
Single boom horizontal pendulum seismograph no.9, designed by John Milne and made by R. W. Munro, 105-149 Cornwall Rd, South Tottenham, London, 1898. This instrument was installed at Kew Observatory and was one of the first such devices in the worldwide network of seismographs established from 1897 by Milne and the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS).
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified) , brass (copper, zinc alloy) and metal (unknown)
- Object Number:
- 1939-385 Pt1
- type:
- seismograph