seismograph (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[seismograph 词源字典]
"instrument for measuring the motions of an earthquake," 1858, from seismo- + -graph. Based on Italian sismografo, coined and invented by Luigi Palmieri (1807-1896), director of meteorological observation on Mount Vesuvius. Related: Seismographic; seismography (1865).[seismograph etymology, seismograph origin, 英语词源]