Abstract
IN reply to Mr. Miller's letter on ocean rainfall, in NATURE, vol. vii. p. 123, I beg to acquaint your correspondent that I have endeavoured to meet the difficulties he mentions, by designing two forms of rain-gauge for use on board ship. One is of a cylindrical form, and composed of a collector and receiver, detachable from each other, and is suspended on gimbals in a frame or vexa. The rainfall may be estimated either by a glass scale at the sides, or by emptying the contents into a graduated glass measure.
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BLACK, W. Gauges for Ocean Rainfall. Nature 7, 202–203 (1873). https://doi.org/10.1038/007202c0
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