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The real big advances in seismology happened from around 1900 and onwards and were mainly due to development of more sensitive seismographs and accurate timing systems, so that earthquakes could be located. Later, the importance of accurate measurement of the true ground motion became evident, particularly for calculation of magnitude. This requires knowledge about the instruments.
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Havskov, J., Alguacil, G. (2016). Introduction. In: Instrumentation in Earthquake Seismology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21314-9_1
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