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The first standardized rain gauge was invented in Korea in 1441 AD during the reign of King Sejong the Great. About.com suggests that the King’s son Munjong invented the gauge, while Wikipedia says that it was invented by Jang Yeong Sil, a scientist working for the King.
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History Of Weather Observing Tools from the WeatherShack Education Center with information about Who Invented The Rain Gauge, Who Invented The Thermometer, Who Invented The Anemometer, and Who Invented The Barometer ... Precipitation Measurement: Who invented the rain gauge?
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A rain gauge measures how much rain has fallen. ... His son, the crown prince, later called King Munjong, invented a rain gauge while measuring rainfall at the palace. Munjong decided that instead of digging into the earth to check rain levels, it would be better to use a standardized container.
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inventors.about.com/od/rstartinventions/a/Rain_Gauge.htm
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i think it was invented by the Ancient Greeks about 500 B.C.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_invented_the_rain_gauge
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Rain gauge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A rain gauge (also known as a udometer or a pluviometer [ Pluviograph ] or a cup ) is a type of instrument used by meteorologists and hydrologists to gather and measure the amount of liquid ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_gauge
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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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www.usatoday.com/weather/wrngauge.htm
www.usatoday.com/weather/wrngauge.htm
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1722 Reverand Horsley (Britain) invented the first modern rain gauge.The earliest mention of a rain gauge is in Indian writings from 400 BC.
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www.beacy.wa.edu.au/lrng21/weather.htm
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King Sejong wanted to improve agricultural technology and his son, who was to become King Munjong, invented a rain gauge in the 1400s. A rain gauge was sent to each village and used to assess the village’s potential harvest from the rainfall, which in turn determined how much the village should be taxed.
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i.cs.hku.hk/~rain/RainGauge-English.php
i.cs.hku.hk/~rain/RainGauge-English.php
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