Raul I have the latest version of Netscape and downloaded the file effortlessly. Wayne Raul Alvarez wrote: > Hello John, > Has anyone had trouble downloading the files via FTP? > Netscape cannot seem to find them. > > Raul > > John Lahr wrote: > > > The "Manual of Seismological Observatory Practice" is available > > in PDF format at this location: > > > > http://caldera.wr.usgs.gov/msop/index.html > > > > The Manual of Seismological Observatory Practice arose from a resolution of the > > United Nations Economic and Social > > Council, which was laid before the Committee for Standardisation of Seismographs > > and Seismograms of the International > > Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior. This Committee > > met at Unesco House in Paris from March 12 > > to 15, 1963, and specified the general requirements of the Manual as follows: > > i. It would act as a guide for governments in setting up or running > > seismological networks. It would therefore include a > > selection of designs for recording stations, and suggestions for staffing and > > organisations both at the recording points and at > > a central office > > ii. It would contain all necessary information on instrumentation and > > procedure, to enable the station to fulfil normal > > international and local functions. > > iii. It would not contain any extensive account of the aims or methods of > > utilising the seismic data, as these were in the > > province of existing textbooks. > > > > Introduction > > > > The Manual of Seismological Observatory Practice was published in September, > > 1979 by World Data Center A for Solid > > Earth Geophysics as Report SE-20. The Manual's editor was P.L. Willmore of the > > Institute of Geological Sciences, > > Edinburgh, Scotland. The World Data Center A for Solid Earth Geophysics was a > > unit of the U.S. Department of Commerce, > > National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Data and > > Information Service in Boulder, Colorado. The > > Manual has been out of print for many years and is still a standard reference > > work for seismologists. To make the Manual > > available again, we have provided this online version. The 159 pages of the > > manual were scanned by Mrs. Willie Lee, the > > resulting 159 TIF files were placed in ten Microsoft Word files by Dr. Willie > > Lee to provide continuity of page numbers. The > > Word files were converted to Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) files, > > hyperlinks were added, and this html > > front-end was created by Michael Diggles. > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > > > Public Seismic Network Mailing List (PSN-L) > > > > To leave this list email listserver@.............. with the body of the > > message: leave PSN-L > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > Public Seismic Network Mailing List (PSN-L) > > To leave this list email listserver@.............. with the body of the > message: leave PSN-L -- Wayne Abraham 1430 Rodney Street Portsmouth, Dominica abrahamw@........ http://www.freeyellow.com/members6/dominicapsn/ _____________________________________________________________________ Public Seismic Network Mailing List (PSN-L)
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