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I HAVE been using the ordinary Symonds pattern rain-gauge, but find that the percentage of rain collected varies in proportion to the strength of the wind; when this is moderately strong, almost the whole of the rain passes across the top, striking and being retained by vertical surfaces only.
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FLETCHER, T. Rain-gauges. Nature 44, 371 (1891). https://doi.org/10.1038/044371c0
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