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A TRANSDUCER ACCELEROMETER COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF RESISTIVE MEMBERS OF A SOLID MATERIAL SECURED IN A COMMON HOUSING, CIRCUIT MEANS FOR APPLYING AN ELECTRICAL SIGNAL THROUGH EACH OF SAID RESISTIVE MEMBERS, A CONDUCTIVE MEMBER OF A SOLID MATERIAL HAVING AN ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE LESS THAN THE RESISTANCE OF EACH OF SAID RESISTIVE MEMBERS, SAID CONDUCTIVE MEMBER SIMULTANEOUSLY ENGAGEABLE WITH EACH OF SAID RESISTIVE MEMBERS, SAID CONDUCTIVE MEMBER BEING SUCCESSIVELY AND ELASTICALLY ENGAGEABLE WUTH EACH OF SAID RESISTIVE MEANS TO FORM ELECTRICAL CONTACT LENGTHS CORRESPONDING TO THE DIRECTION AND MAGNITUDE OF RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN SAID CONDUCTIVE MEMBER AND SAID HOUSING, SAID RESISTIVE MEMBERS HAVING A SURFACE CONTACT WITH SAID CONDUCTIVE MEMBER WHICH IS INCREASED DUE TO RELATIVE MOVEMENT TOWARD ONE ANOTHER AND DECREASED UPON RELATIVE MOVEMENT AWAY FROM ONE ANOTHER SAID VARIABLE CONTACT LENGTHS BETWEEN THE CONDUCTIVE MEMBER AND THE RESISTIVE MEMBERS FORMING A VARIABLE SHUNT TO THE RESISTIVE MEMBERS TO ACCORDINGLY CHANGE THE ELECTRICAL SIGNAL IN THE RESPECTIVE CIRCUITS, EACH OF SAID RESISTIVE MEMBERS COMPRISING A LONGITUDINAL MEMBER SECURED AT EACH END TO THE HOUSING AND SAID CONDUCTIVE MEMBER BEING SIMULTANEOUSLY ENGAGED ALONG A PLURALITY OF NON-PARALLEL PLANES.