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Seismic shock absorber

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Bill Robinson was the New Zealand government scientist who, in the early 1970s, developed the seismic shock absorber, a flexible building pile. This video shows how the shock absorber works by using high-density lead and rubber to absorb the force of earthquakes.

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University of Waikato

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Mark Derby, Inventions, patents and trademarks – Patents in New Zealand, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/25394/seismic-shock-absorber (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Mark Derby, i tāngia i te 11 May 2010, updated 1 February 2015.