John Milne (1850-1913)
Professor John Milne (1850-1913), the eminent seismologist
Born at Liverpool the son of John Milne of Milnrow, Rochdale.
1896 Description and engravings of Milne's seismographs[1] VIBRATION METERS.
The article was followed by a letter dated 25 May from John Milne to the Editor of Engineering:
Sir,— In the description of vibration meters in your
issue of May 22, 1893, page 675, an important point
is, that my co worker in the development of these instruments was Mr. John McDonald, of the Locomotive Works,
Tokio ; in fact, it was in consequence of this gentleman’s
experiments, commencing, I believe, by observations on
the disturbance of water in a bottle on a locomotive, that
my attention was, about 1888, directed towards the recording of vibrations upon railways. In perfecting the instrument and bringing it into the form shown in your
illustration, we are both indebted to Mr. R. W. Munro,
of Grenville Works, King’s Cross-road.
Yours faithfully, John Milne.'[2]