Sir Edward Bullard on development of heat probe [sound recording] : August 5, 1973 / interview by Sir Edward with Elizabeth N. Shor. 1973.

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Sir Edward Bullard on development of heat probe [sound recording] : August 5, 1973 / interview by Sir Edward with Elizabeth N. Shor. 1973.

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This collection consists of an audio cassette tape and a transcript which records a one hour interview conducted with Sir Edward Crisp Bullard on August 5, 1973 about the history of the heat flow probe, an instrument designed and used by Bullard to make measurements of heat flow through the ocean floor. The interview was conducted by Scripps Institution of Oceanography archivist Elizabeth Noble Shor and her husband, oceanographer George G. Shor. Mrs. Shor transcribed the interview and published it in: Elizabeth N. Shor, "E.C. Bullard's first heat probe," EOS transactions of the American Geophysical Union 65 (February 28, 1984), 73-74.

1 sound cassette (ca. 60 min.) : analog + 1 transcript (11 leaves ; 28 cm.)

University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7418071

University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Library. Archives.

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Shor, Elizabeth Noble

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Vacquier was born in Russia in 1907; moved with parents to the United States in 1923. Received M.S. in physics from University of Wisconsin in 1928. Designed instrumentation for geophysical research. Most recently a professor emeritus of geophysics at Scripps Institution of Oceanography; widely known for creating the flux-gate magnetometer. From the description of Profile of a Magnetician: Victor Vacquier/ by Elizabeth N. Shor. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79917370 ...

Bullard, Edward Crisp, Sir, 1907-1980

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British geophysicist born in Norwick, England, on September 21, 1907, and educated at Clare College, Cambridge University. Bullard spent most of his career at the Department of Geodesy and Geophysics at Madingley Rise in Cambridge, named Bullard Laboratories in his honor, and as director of the National Physical Laboratory. In 1949, Bullard visited the Scripps Institution of Oceanography where he designed, built, tested, and used the heat probe. From 1966 until his death he had an appointment as...

Shor, George G.

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