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This rain gauge dates from the late 19th century. It was used at the Ben Nevis Observatory, which was in operation from 1883 to 1904. It is unsigned.

The eight-inch mountain rain gauge lacks its glass measuring vessel into which the rain water would be poured after collecting in the receiver at the base of the funnel.

Suggestions made by Thomas Stevenson in 1842 led to the general adoption throughout the British Isles of a standard height of one foot (30.5 cm) (above 'short turf') for the mouth of a rain gauge.

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• Online ID: 000-100-102-810-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  T.1983.121
• Date: Late 19th century
  
• Material: Rain-gauge, mountain
  
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• What: Rain-gauge, mountain
  
• Subject: 10. METEOROLOGY (Departmental Classification)
  
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• Description: Eight-inch mountain rain-gauge, used at the Ben Nevis Observatory, unsigned, late 19th century
  
• References:
  • Middleton, W. E. Knowles, Invention of the Meteorological Instruments. Baltimore, 1969, pp 133-74 
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