Joiner's gauge, an instrument used to strike a line parallel to the straight side of a board, etc. Printer's gauge, an instrument to regulate the length of the page. Rain gauge, an instrument for measuring the quantity of rain at any given place.
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RAINFALL The amount of precipitation of any type, primarily liquid. It is usually the amount that is measured by a rain gauge. Related terms: rain and quantitative precipitation ... RAIN GAUGE An instrument used to measure the amount of rain that has fallen. Measurement is done in hundredths of inches (0.01").
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Contains several activities to see how rain gauges work. ... The students will have been introduced to the rain gauge and understand how to read it to one hundredth of an inch. If the rain gauge has not been used before, the lesson "Rain is Falling All Around" should be covered or modeled with water in the classroom.
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www.colby.edu/cpse/equipment2/Weather/gauge.html
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The most common rain gauge used today by official forecasters and airports was invented over 100 years ago. As you can see in the graphic, it consists of a large cylinder with a funnel and a smaller measuring tube inside of it.
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USATODAY.com Latest News ... The most common rain gauge used today by official forecasters and airports was invented over 100 years ago. As you can see in the graphic above, it consists of a large cylinder with a funnel and a smaller measuring tube inside of it.
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The Model 260-2500 Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge is used for measuring precipitation. ... The Model 260-2500 Tipping Bucket Rain Gauges are dependable instruments used for measuring precipitation. Rainfall entering the 8`` or 12`` funnel collector is directed to the tipping bucket assembly.
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Rain gauge (pluviograph), wood / brass / galvanised iron / glass, made and used by Sydney Observatory, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1860-1900. Rain gauge (pluviograph), housed in wooden box, painted grey.
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In home weather stations, a self-emptying tipping bucket rain gauge is the most common type of rain gauge used for rain measurement. The reading is then transmitted to the inside console for recording/display of the information.
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www.weathershack.com/education/rain-measurement.html
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1662 - Sir Christopher Wren (Britain): Invented the mechanical self-emptying tipping bucket rain gauge, the type used today for rain measurement in most home weather stations.
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