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Fiche 1,  Justifications,  Anglais

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[An] instrument for recording the Earth's horizontal movements over a short distance during an earthquake.  1, fiche 1, Anglais, - Wood%2DAnderson%20torsion%20seismometer

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Instead of a pendulum, the motion generated when this instrument was shaken by an earthquake came from the rotation of a small, copper, inertial mass (C) affixed to a thin wire under high tension (T), hence the name torsion seismometer.  2, fiche 1, Anglais, - Wood%2DAnderson%20torsion%20seismometer

Fiche 1,  Justifications,  Français

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Instrument qui permet d'enregistrer, sur une courte distance, les mouvements horizontaux de la Terre pendant un séisme.  3, fiche 1, Français, - sismom%C3%A8tre%20Wood%2DAnderson

Fiche 1,  Justifications,  Espagnol