Milne seismograph
Date
ca.1910
Creator
Albert Edgar Gendle (1886 - 1923, British) , Meteorologist
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 151mm
width (print): 200mm
height (paper support): 220mm
width (paper support): 253mm
width (print): 200mm
height (paper support): 220mm
width (paper support): 253mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Pendulum seismograph used at Eskdalemuir Observatory. The instrument was designed by John Milne FRS (1850-1913). Captioned ‘Milne Seismograph. (Open – showing Recording Parts)’.
Eskdalemuir Observatory was constructed in 1904 to make geomagnetic and other observations. It was sufficiently remote (located near Eskdalemuir, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) to be free from electrical interference. Many of the instruments had originally been located at Kew Observatory
Albert Edgar Gendle (1886-1923) was Clerk Assistant to the Eskdalemuir Observatory until 1913, having worked as a boy at Kew Observatory. He then joined the Meteorological Office before becoming a lieutenant in the Royal Air Force in 1919. He was killed near Baghdad, Iraq, in 1923.
Eskdalemuir Observatory was constructed in 1904 to make geomagnetic and other observations. It was sufficiently remote (located near Eskdalemuir, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) to be free from electrical interference. Many of the instruments had originally been located at Kew Observatory
Albert Edgar Gendle (1886-1923) was Clerk Assistant to the Eskdalemuir Observatory until 1913, having worked as a boy at Kew Observatory. He then joined the Meteorological Office before becoming a lieutenant in the Royal Air Force in 1919. He was killed near Baghdad, Iraq, in 1923.
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