Talk:Wood–Anderson seismometer

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Who is Lawson and which University ?

At the beginning of the Overview, it states this…"In 1908, geologist Grove K. Gilbert paid Harry Wood $1,000 to draft a map of potentially active faults in northern California and several years later Lawson assigned Wood to oversee the University's seismometers,"

There's no previous or subsequent mention of who Lawson is and the University they're working at isn't mentioned.

Can someone with Seismology background edit this so we know who is being discussed ?

Thank-You !' GTO3DEUCES (talk) 12:18, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It was Andrew Lawson, then professor at University of California, Berkeley. I will attempt to clarify this in the text and make sure that it is properly supported by the citations. Mikenorton (talk) 16:59, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's confirmed by source#3 (Geschwind 2001) on page 54. Mikenorton (talk) 17:10, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for pointing this out. Mikenorton (talk) 17:12, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]