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Rain gauge (detail)

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used at Ben Nevis Observatory

Rain gauge (detail)
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This is a detail from a floating-scale rain gauge used at the Ben Nevis Observatory, which was in operation from 1883 to 1904. The rain gauge was made in the late 19th century by Bryson of Edinburgh.

The detail shows the scale which floats to show how much is contained in the tube. It is stamped with the maker's name 'BRYSON/EDINR'.

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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