Defn: An instrument for measuring the rain that falls; a rain gauge.
Rain gauge, an instrument for measuring the quantity of rain at any given place.
Defn: An instrument for ascertaining the amount of rainfall at any place in a given time; a rain gauge.
An instrument for ascertaining the amount of rainfall at any place in a given time; a rain gauge.
An instrument for measuring the rain that falls; a rain gauge.
In the management of out-door plants and crops, as well as in the construction of cisterns and tanks for the supply of water, a rain gauge is a valuable assistant.
Benedetto Castelli, being interested in the effect of rainfall on the level of a lake, constructed a rain gaugeabout 1628.
He also notes that in 1670 Hooke had described two other types of rain gauge in which a bucket was counterbalanced in one case by a string of bullets and in another by an immersed weight.
Rain Gauge, 3 inches in diameter, with overflow and measuring stick, $1.
The =rain gauge= consists of three separate parts, the receiver A, the overflow attachment B, and the measuring tube C.
The simpler instruments are the ordinary thermometer, the wind vane, the rain gauge, and the mercurial barometer (in a modified form).
How to Make a Rain Gauge [64] An accuraterain gauge may be easily constructed from galvanized iron, as shown in the sketch herewith.
To find the fall of snow, pour a known quantity [Illustration: Rain Gauge] of warm water on the snow contained in the funnel and deduct the quantity poured in from the total amount in the tube.
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