Horizontal and vertical seismographs and vibration recorders Spindler & Hoyer, Göttingen Catalogue 28 [transcription] Astatic horizontal seismograph (No. 178 – 180) The seismograph is similar in principle to the often described so-called astatic seismograph of Prof. Dr. Wiechert, only the stationary mass is smaller, namely 80 or 125 or 200 kilos instead of 1000 kilos. […]
PhD ramblings Part one: Sep ’21 – Feb ’24 Cool people leave school at 27 years’ old “131! Kara! Kara?! 131?!” is my soundtrack as I begin writing this reflection on the first five months of my PhD. Kara ordered a flat white from a café in London Stansted Airport and has forgotten about it, […]
New Zealand 2023 Part two: SALSA… 29th October: Rugby, hand-digging technique, and seismic array design My birthday perhaps wasn’t objectively the most exciting part of the trip, however I got a day with my New Zealand supervisor trapped with me in a truck – an excellent learning opportunity, and our conversations inform large sections of […]
New Zealand 2023 Part one: Edinburgh to the Alpine Fault… I did have plans for the week beginning 16th October, but when a Monday morning email arrives in your inbox saying “It would certainly be possible to include you in the field team. Can you arrange to be in New Zealand by the 23rd?!”, those […]
