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Seismograph Station Equipment

Washington State University Libraries

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Title Seismograph Station Equipment
Description Equipment for the Grand Coulee Dam seismograph station, arranged for photographic purposes. Dr. Dean S. Carder of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey is simulating the adjustment of position of galvanometers on the Benioff film recorder. In the right foreground is the 10-cycle tuning fork amplifier, and at the back, a horizontal and a vertical seismometer. Equipment for the Grand Coulee Dam seismograph station, arranged for photographic purposes. Dr. Dean S. Carder of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey is simulating the adjustment of position of galvanometers on the Benioff film recorder. In the right foreground is the 10-cycle tuning fork amplifier, and at the back, a horizontal and a vertical seismometer.
Creator United States. Bureau of Reclamation
Subject Seismographic stations--Washington (State)--Grand Coulee Dam; Seismographs
Coverage Seismograph--Washington (State)--Coulee Dam United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site, Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)
Type Photographs
Identifier cg040b07v10p116.jpg http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/banks,4824
Date 9/16/1942 2010
Publisher Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries: http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/masc.htm
Source Columbia Basin Project History (Vol. X, Page 116)-Cage 40, Box 07 of the Frank Arthur Banks Papers, 1913-1957: http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/Holland/masc/finders/cg40.htm
Rights To order a reproduction please see: http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/policies.htm; or contact Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections: (509) 335-6691. For permission to publish please contact Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections: (509) 335-6691.
Format Original photographic prints scanned at 24 bit color, with 4000 pixels by the long side, for master TIFF files on an Epson Expression 10,000 XL scanner. Prints were then batch translated into JPEG files. These JPEGs were then added to the CONTENTdm database at WSU Libraries.
Language English

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