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How giant quake registered at Caltech
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Order Number
00057382
Title
How
giant
quake
registered
at
Caltech
Collection ID
Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession
HE
box
528
.
Date
1946
Physical Description
1
photograph
:b&w
Description
Chart
shows
the
recordings
on the
Caltech
seismograph
apparatus
of the
mighty
earthquake
which
struck
the
Caribbean
area
yesterday
,
3000
miles
away
.
Spectacular
pendulum
swings
of the
needle
were
so
strong
, as
shown
in this
photo
, that an
attendant
had to
block
the
recording
needle's
path
to
keep
it
from
running
off
the
recording
drum
to
where
it
could
not
come
back
.
Photo
dated
:
Augut
5
,
1946
.
Subject
Earthquakes.
Earth movements.
Seismic waves.
Seismometers.
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs.
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format
Photographic prints
Reproduction Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at
http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html
for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
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