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Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral

1769

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

Mintrop field seismograph, recording apparatus and box, for geophysical prospecting

1921

Eötvös torsion balance for geophysical prospecting by Süss Nandor

1920

Potentiometer, for spontaneous polarisation measurements

1931

Non-polarizing electrode, for spontaneous polarisation measurements

1931

Original Lodge lightning protector

Megger type earth resistance tester, 1929-1932

1929-1932

Seismochronograph designed by Arnold von Lasaulx, c. 1876

1876

Radiobeacon by Aquatronics

Peltier Type Electrometer, 1848

1845

Model for a vane to submerge towed hydrophone streamer

1965

Varley's Lightning Protector, 1861

1861

BC 3 shot blaster by Electro-Tech

1960

Samples of wire struck by lightning

Wooden bracket from the Gravity pendulum by Bailey

1834

Rubidium-Vapour Magnetometer Sensor, 1968-1972

1968-1972

TI 407 power control unit by Techno Instruments

1964-1967

PROBE UNIT MO 30 sea water sound velocity meter

Tellohm resistivity meter by Nash and Thompson Ltd.

1960

Geophone, sectioned, c.1955

1955

Scrase altielectrograph, 1937

1937

GAA reflection geophone

1950

Three electric alarm bells

Portions of lead flashing from roof

Piece of signal wire and piece of block wire

Hedges and Lowrie-Hall vacuum earthing device

Air terminal with grooved lead joint attachment for horizontal lightning conductor

1905

Three brass screws from the Gravity pendulum by Bailey

1834

Sectioned half-scale model of Eötvös torsion balance

1928

Model of the Zhang Heng seismoscope

132 CE

Solid State Seismometer

Strong motion seismograph

1971-1980

Photoenlargement of Tasmanian earthquake

CDA camera-recorder by Seismograph Service

1960-1965

Tide gauge recording unit

Rainwater pipes bonded together

Dip plotter arm

1948-1950

Gravity pendulum by Bailey, R.A.S. No.2

1834

Holweck-Lejay inverted pendulum gravimeter

1934

Holweck-Lejay inverted pendulum gravimeter

1934

Kelvin's second tide predictor, 1873.

1873

MP 8 swamp and marine geophone, 21x5 diam cm

Model of Halley V Antarctic research station, 1999

1999

Clockwork mechanism for Shaw type seismograph, British, 1930-1935

1930-1935

Clockwork mechanism for Shaw type seismograph, British, 1930-1935

1930-1935

Record of Gravity Determinations Made By a Dutch Submarine

1923

TI 551A Single-drum recorder - reproducer by Techno Instruments

1956-1966

BAZ shot blaster by Seismograph Service

1958

2-shot firing system MkI by STS

1975-1980