Some texts referred to in Chapter 5 are not available from this website. Please download them from the "official" website of the New Manual of Seismological Observatory Practice: http://www.gfz-potsdam.de/portal/cms/Bibliothek/Publizieren/C-Verlag/zu+Vetrieb/New+Manual+of+Seismological+Observatory+Practice+NMSOP The latest versions of my own texts will however always be on the website www.software-for-seismometry.de . June 2010 Erhard Wielandt