Worden gravity meter by Texas Instruments Ltd.

Made:: 1970

maker:: Texas Instruments Limited

designer:: Worden Gravity Meter manufacturing

Worden gravity meter by Texas Instruments Ltd., c.1970 (With radioactive source); with demonstration model under glass dome and stand showing the quartz spring mechanism used in Worden gravity meter.

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Category:: Geophysics

Object Number:: 1976-586

type:: meter

credit:: Texas Instruments Limited; Geophysical Service International

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Worden Gravity Meter by Texas Instruments Incorporated, 1968-1972

Worden gravity meter, by Texas Instruments Incorporated, Houston, Texas, United States, 1968-1972

Measurements:: overall: 270 mm 155 mm, 2.295kg

Materials:: plastic (unidentified) , metal (unknown) , brass (copper, zinc alloy) , aluminium alloy and glass

Object Number:: 1976-586 Pt1

type:: meter and gravimeter

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Radioactive source from Worden gravity meter by Texas Instruments

Radioactive source from Worden gravity meter by Texas Instruments, c.1970

Object Number:: 1976-586 Pt2

type:: radioactive material

Model of Spring Mechanism for Gravity Meter, 1968-72

Demonstration model under glass dome and stand showing the quartz spring mechanism used in Worden gravity meter, by Texas Instruments Incorporated, Houston, Texas, USA, 1968-72.