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    The Worden Gravity Meter is an elastic system constructed of quartz with a very low mass of only five milligrams and moment of inertia. It was developed in the late 1940s by Sam Worden and the company manufacturing it was later acquired by Texas Instruments, making it an important early product. The Worden Gravity Meter continues to be manufactured today, with over 1500 produced, making it the most produced type of gravity meter.

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    The Worden Gravity Meter is an elastic system constructed of quartz with a very low mass of only five milligrams and moment of inertia. It was developed in the late 1940s by Sam Worden and the company manufacturing it was later acquired by Texas Instruments, making it an important early product. The Worden Gravity Meter continues to be manufactured today, with over 1500 produced, making it the most produced type of gravity meter.

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    The Worden Gravity Meter is an elastic system constructed of quartz with a very low mass of only five milligrams and moment of inertia. It was developed in the late 1940s by Sam Worden and the company manufacturing it was later acquired by Texas Instruments, making it an important early product. The Worden Gravity Meter continues to be manufactured today, with over 1500 produced, making it the most produced type of gravity meter.

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    Geophysical Techniques – The Worden Gravity meter

    The Worden Gravity Meter is based on an elastic system constructed of quartz. It is a


    three spring device employing a pretension of zero-length mainspring to produce the
    necessary sensitivity. The basic mass is only five
    milligrams, and the moment of inertia is very low.
    The low mass, together with the almost perfect
    elastic qualities of quartz, makes the Worden
    Gravity Meter a rugged instrument. Sam Worden
    was instrumental in developing the Worden Gravity
    Meter in the late 1940's. In 1953, Worden Gravity
    Meter manufacturing (Houston Technical
    Laboratories) was sold, by Worden, to Texas
    Instruments, and was Texas Instruments' first entry
    into the geophysical equipment market. This made
    the Worden Gravity Meter a very special item in the
    eyes of Texas Instrument's executives, for many
    years. In the mid 1980's, Texas Instruments sold its geophysical equipment production
    facilities to Halliburton Geophysical Services. Halliburton previewed all the products it
    acquired and decided to seek buyers for the rights to manufacture and sell the instruments
    that were not considered mass production or assembly-line products. The Worden
    Gravity Meter Division was transferred in 1990 to Robert Neese who established the
    Worden Gravity Meter Company in Richmond Texas in conjunction with other gravity
    services he managed under Neese Exploration Company. The manufacture and service of
    the Worden Gravity Meter continues today as it has for over 58 years. More than 1500
    Worden Meters have been manufactured -- more than any other type of gravity mete r

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