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Lesson 42-2 Recording an earthquake
But instruments far more delicate than that were needed if any really serious advance was to be made. The ideal to be aimed at was to devise an instrument that could record with a pen on paper, the movements of the ground or of the table as the quake passed by. While I write my pen moves, but the paper keeps still. With practice, no doubt, I could in time learn to write by holding the pen still while the paper moved. That sounds a silly suggestion, but that was precisely the idea adopted in some of the early instruments (seismometers) for recording earthquake waves. But when table, penholder and paper are all moving, how is it possible to write legibly? The key to a solution of that problem lay in an everyday observation.
/ˈlɛsən/ 42-2 /rəˈkɔrdɪŋ/ /ən/ /ˈɜrθˌkweɪk/
/bət/ /ˈɪnstrəmənts/ /fɑr/ /mɔr/ /ˈdɛləkət/ /ðən/ /ðət/ /wər/ /ˈnidəd/ /ɪf/ /ˈɛni/ /ˈrɪli/ /ˈsɪriəs/ /ədˈvæns/ /wəz/ /tə/ /bi/ /meɪd/. /ði/ /aɪˈdil/ /tə/ /bi/ /eɪmd/ /ət/ /wəz/ /tə/ /dɪˈvaɪz/ /ən/ /ˈɪnstrəmənt/ /ðət/ /kəd/ /ˈrɛkərd/ /wɪð/ /ə/ /pɛn/ /ɑn/ /ˈpeɪpər/, /ðə/ /ˈmuvmənts/ /əv/ /ðə/ /graʊnd/ /ɔr/ /əv/ /ðə/ /ˈteɪbəl/ /əz/ /ðə/ /kweɪk/ /pæst/ /baɪ/. /waɪl/ /aɪ/ /raɪt/ /maɪ/ /pɛn/ /muvz/, /bət/ /ðə/ /ˈpeɪpər/ /kips/ /stɪl/. /wɪð/ /ˈpræktəs/, /noʊ/ /daʊt/, /aɪ/ /kəd/ /ɪn/ /taɪm/ /lɜrn/ /tə/ /raɪt/ /baɪ/ /ˈhoʊldɪŋ/ /ðə/ /pɛn/ /stɪl/ /waɪl/ /ðə/ /ˈpeɪpər/ /muvd/. /ðæt/ /saʊndz/ /ə/ /ˈsɪli/ /səgˈʤɛsʧən/, /bət/ /ðət/ /wəz/ /prɪˈsaɪsli/ /ði/ /aɪˈdiə/ /əˈdɑptəd/ /ɪn/ /səm/ /əv/ /ði/ /ˈɜrli/ /ˈɪnstrəmənts/ (seismometers) /fər/ /rəˈkɔrdɪŋ/ /ˈɜrθˌkweɪk/ /weɪvz/. /bət/ /wɛn/ /ˈteɪbəl/, penholder /ənd/ /ˈpeɪpər/ /ər/ /ɔl/ /ˈmuvɪŋ/, /haʊ/ /əz/ /ɪt/ /ˈpɑsəbəl/ /tə/ /raɪt/ /ˈlɛʤəbəli/? /ðə/ /ki/ /tʊ/ /ə/ /səˈluʃən/ /əv/ /ðət/ /ˈprɑbləm/ /leɪ/ /ɪn/ /ən/ /ˈɛvriˈdeɪ/ /ˌɑbzərˈveɪʃən/.
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