General Information

Serial #

104 133

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC INTERIOR CONTROL PANEL, METER CASINGS & WINDOWS/ METAL & SYNTHETIC CONTROLS/ RUBBER? FEET

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

43.0 cm

Width

26.5 cm

Height

13.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Mining and Metallurgy

Category

Mineral exploration

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Scintrex

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Concord

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

1960S-1980S

Canada

CANADIAN MADE INSTRUMENT, ONE OF COLLECTION USED BY PROF. M.K. SEGUIN WHILE IN GEOLOGY DEPT. OF U. OF LAVAL, QUEBEC DURING 1960S TO CA. 1990. THEY WERE ACQUIRED BY SEGUIN TO SUPPORT CONTRACT RESEARCH, & AS TEACHING APPARATUS FOR HIS GRAD STUDENTS & TEACHING AIDS FOR UNDERGRAD GEOLOGY STUDENTS AT LAVAL CA.1960-1995.

Function

INSTRUMENT USED IN GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATION TO MEASURE NEAR-SURFACE GROUND RESISTIVITY AS WELL AS SELF-POTENTIALS OF THE EARTH.

Technical

THIS RESISTIVITY & SELF-POTENTIAL INSTRUMENT IS A LATER VERSION OF SELF-POTENTIAL UNIT 970525 (MODEL SP5-R), APPARENTLY BY THE SAME MFR. UNDER DIFFERENT NAME. EQUIPPED WITHBATTERY TO PASS CURRENT INTO THE GROUND, RSP-6 IS CAPABLE OF MEASURING NEAR-SURFACE GROUND RESISTIVITY AS WELL AS SELF-POTENTIALS. THESE INSTRUMENTS WERE USED GLOBALLY AS WELL AS IN CANADA BETWEEN 1960 & 1980.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

LABEL ON FRONT READS "MOD. 740 113/ SER. 104 133/ SCINTREX LTD. - CONCORD, ONT. CANADA"/ BLACK LETTERING ON CHASSIS READING "RESISTIVITY & SELFPOTENTIAL UNIT/ MODEL RSP-6" & "SCINTREX", & FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS/ BLACK LETTERING ON METERS READING "MICROAMPERES/ SCINTREX" & "CURRENT/ SCINTREX"

Missing

ONE FOOT From CA of 11/22/2001 by Matthew Bruce: Yes - missing 1 rubber foot, battery compartment already emptied

Finish

METALLIC GREY CASING/ LIGHT GREY TEXTURED CONTROL PANEL/ BLACK & RED SYNTHETIC, PLATED CONTROLS/ BLACK METER CASINGS WITH METALLIC FRONTS & WHITE DIALS

Decoration

PATTERNED METAL METER FRONTS