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RefNoPP/12/29/4
Previous numbersPP/44/33
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished photograph, 'Arrangement for testing the duplex pendulum seismograph' by J A [James Alfred] Ewing
Date1888
DescriptionA photograph, labelled figure 3, of the duplex pendulum seismograph used by Ewing in his investigations into the vibration of the Tay Bridge during the passing of railway trains. Annotations in ink.

Subject: Seismology

A diagram based on this photograph was published in volume 44 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society alongside the paper 'Seismometric measurements of the vibration of the new Tay Bridge during the passing of railway trains'.
Extent1p
FormatPhotograph
PhysicalDescriptionPhotograph
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1888.0059
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8053Ewing; Sir; James Alfred (1855 - 1935)1855 - 1935
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