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Definition of Geophones
1. geophone [n] - See also: geophone
Lexicographical Neighbors of Geophones
Literary usage of Geophones
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Engineers in France by William Barclay Parsons (1920)
"These geophones had another application. Both sides carried on extensive ...
The geophones would give warning by noting the sound of pick or drill ..."
2. War Work of the Bureau of Standards: April 1, 1921 by National Bureau of Standards, United States Bureau of Standards, United States (1921)
"Two geophones are usually used, one being connected to each ear of the observer.
Then, if the two geophones and the connecting tubes are identical, ..."
3. The Armies of Industry: Our Nation's Manufacture of Munitions for a World in by Benedict Crowell, Robert Forrest Wilson (1921)
"geophones were used by both sides, and so effective did they prove to be that
... As our first step in the production of geophones, we adopted the French ..."
4. The Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake of October 17, 1989 edited by Thomas D. O'Rourke (1993)
"Because no remote- reading compass was included in the borehole-seismometer
package, the orientation of its horizontal geophones must be inferred indirectly ..."
5. How America Went to War: An Account from Official Sources of the Nation's by Benedict Crowell, Robert Forrest Wilson (1921)
"geophones were used by both sides, and so effective did they prove to be that
... As our first step in the production of geophones, we adopted the French ..."
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