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Show i . '" """ "" """ . Scientific Gadgeteer Keeping track of earthquakes and checking up on the weather are a few of the tilings that make, life worth living for Martin Mar-tin G. Murray, assistant post master mas-ter at Huntington lieach, Calif. Mr. Murray makes all his own scientific instruments out of pieces of junk. These photos take you for a call. i !( . . ! '.. .,. 'S t - ( . "I w y 1 ! , . """"" '' i rj.r,'-;' Above: Sun telescope made from an old auto axle. Murray is focusing the solar image on a paper receiver here. Right: At the eyepiece of this homemade telescope he checks up on a few stars. The instrument is made of old water pipes, wood and pieces of mirror. Note how the wood is bound with wire. At left Murray has the image im-age of the sun accurately focused fo-cused on the buff paper behind be-hind this blackened tube. The pistol is part of his P. O. job. Below: From an assortment of discards Mr. Murray got this instrument, which accurately accu-rately measures magnetic dip. PT-"T3'""""'m"' ' At left Murray has the im- ,ff. ' " age of the sun accurately fo- f . 1 J.cused on the buff paper be- I i f S. ( hind this blackened tube. The V w f J' ' pisto1 " part f his p- - jb- i :ii : ,:.;.:.:: Below : F rom an assortment fe- V j j J f discards Mr. Murray got tv,"4r S JJ I this instrument, which accu--rV -"-"! rately measures magnetic dip. .1 ' J n ' H i T- J V 1 1 J r vi. , 1 1 , ; .-ft Shiver Record . . . Here is the recording device of Murray's seismograph. Needles mark the lampblacked drum with every shiver of Old Mother Earth. It records about 15 major quakes a year, some as far distant as India. Mr. Murray has no less than six seismographs in his suburban home at Huntington Beach. L 1 i - The hobbyist preserves his seis- The seismograph timing device mograph records by giving the tells Murray to the split second lampblacked chart a bath in when a quake occurs, but he uses shellac and alcohol. This makes this special micrdscope to dope his records permanent. out where it happened. j 9S Part of gadgetoer of t I 4 ik.-i Murray's seismograph, L Lj-.-.-.:;'::.- : ...1 . . aLJ p. Part of gadgeteer of j ik i Murray's seismograph. |