| EARTHQUAKE SPOTTER A seismograph is demonstrated at the Ximenian Observatory in Florence. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7262 |
| Catalog #: | 253138 | |
| Clip Number: | 253138-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | PT 203 | |
| Timecode: | 01:28:06 - 01:29:29 | |
| Location: | Florence, Italy. | |
| Year Shot: | 1934 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Earthquakes LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Italy, Florence SCIENCE: Geology | |
| Description: | The Earthquake Spotter - A glance at the famous Ximenian Observatory, Florence. Florence, Italy. Various shots of a man demonstrating how a seismograph works to record the position and extent of an earthquake. Highly sensitised paper, wound around a drum, is darkened with smoke black. Then a very fine glass point scrapes a line on the chart, according to the tremors felt through the earth. C/U of a finished chart. | |
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