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Photoenlargement of two records of microseisms

Gray-Milne seismograph made by James White

1885
Milne-Shaw seismograph no.1, designed and constructed by John Johnson Shaw, 1914, based on an original design by John Milne. The instrument, which has a horizontal pendulum and electromagnetic damping, was tested at Bidston Observatory, near Liverpool, and in 1918 was transferred to the University Observatory at Oxford.

Milne-Shaw seismograph no.1

1914
Seismogram of two earthquakes, 20 September 1897, recorded on Milne seismograph 1899-63 at Shide, I.O.W.

Seismogram of two earthquakes

1897
Milne horizontal pendulum seismograph, by R.W. Munro, London, 1899. The instrument was adopted by the British Association as a standard observatory instrument.

Milne horizontal pendulum seismograph, 1899.

1899
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).

Horizontal pendulum seismograph designed by John Milne and operated at Kew Observatory

1898
Daily Herald photograph by Milne. Image shows American golfer Tony Lema putting during a tournament.

American golfer Tony Lema

05 July 1965
Daily Herald photograph by Milne. Image shows American golfer Tony Lema at St Andrews.

American golfer Tony Lema

08 July 1964
Double-boom horizontal pendulum seismograph, designed by John Milne and made by R. W. Munro, 105-149 Cornwall Rd, South Tottenham, London, 1908. A plate on the instrument case carries the inscription: Prof. John Milne’s. F.R.S. Unfelt Earth Movement Recorder No. 52. It operated at Eskdalemuir Observatory between 1908 and 1915.

Double-boom seismograph designed by John Milne, 1908

1908
Milne-Shaw seismograph no. 33, made by John Johnson Shaw, West Bromwich, UK, and owned by the Safety in Mines Research Board, c. 1925

Milne-Shaw seismograph no. 33, c. 1925

circa 1925
Milne-Shaw seismograph, no.45, possibly 1930, see technical file

Milne-Shaw seismograph