Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2007.22.022
Accession#:
2007.22
Credit Line:
Transferred from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
Object Name:
Magnetometer
Title:
Magnetometer
Year Range from:
1970
Year Range to:
1990
Description:
Magnetometer
Instrument:
Small rectangular silver metal instrument. Has a metal moveable ring in the bottom middle. There is a switch inside the ring that says: "x5000" (on left) and "x1000" (on right), "GAMMA". Below ring it says: "Made in Finland. At top it says: "S0123, Kimball" (the 'ba' are rubbed off).
Case:
Brown leather case, snaps close. The middle part of the case is bubbled out to make room for the metal ring.
Tag:
Manilla tag, says: "Magnetometer, Does not work, 15/June/78, ALK".
Used to identify areas with rock that is high in some iron minerals.
Instrument:
Small rectangular silver metal instrument. Has a metal moveable ring in the bottom middle. There is a switch inside the ring that says: "x5000" (on left) and "x1000" (on right), "GAMMA". Below ring it says: "Made in Finland. At top it says: "S0123, Kimball" (the 'ba' are rubbed off).
Case:
Brown leather case, snaps close. The middle part of the case is bubbled out to make room for the metal ring.
Tag:
Manilla tag, says: "Magnetometer, Does not work, 15/June/78, ALK".
Used to identify areas with rock that is high in some iron minerals.
Notes:
Kimball worked at the Juneau Mineral Information Center into the early 1980s.
People:
Kimball, A
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2007.22.022A
2007.22.022B
2007.22.022C
2007.22.022A
2007.22.022B
2007.22.022C