Schmidt Magnetometer
Schmidt Magnetometer
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- Description
- This magnetometer measures the vertical component of the earth's magnetic force. The form was designed by Adolph Schmidt in Germany around 1915 and widely used for prospecting purposes. The "MADE BY G. R. & D.C. PITTSBURGH, PA M-9" inscription refers to the Gulf Research & Development Corp., the firm that donated it came to the Smithsonian in 1964.
- Ref: John A. Fleming, ed., Terrestrial Magnetism and Electricity (New York, 1939), pp. 112, 120-127.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Schmidt magnetometer
- maker
- Gulf Research & Development Corp.
- Place Made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
- Measurements
- overall: 45 1/2 in; 115.57 cm
- overall; magnetometer: 45 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in x 6 13/16 in; 115.57 cm x 19.05 cm x 17.30375 cm
- overall; brass triangle: 7/8 in x 23 3/8 in x 20 3/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 59.3725 cm x 51.7525 cm
- ID Number
- AG.MHI-P-8745
- accession number
- 272511
- catalog number
- 8745
- Credit Line
- Gulf Research & Development Corp.
- subject
- Science & Scientific Instruments
- Science & Scientific Instruments
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- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Measuring & Mapping
- Science & Mathematics
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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