British Rainfall 1895, p.17
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British Rainfall 1895 page 17
Dr. Miller had had gauges about 10 years previous. He instructed Messrs. Cook, of York, to construct a dozen 4 in. gauges with stout iron cases and heavy copper containers of the pattern shown; and (for comparison) he placed one of these gauges in the garden at Seathwaite at the end of 1864, and (with imperfections in 1870 and 1872) it has been observed ever since. No.V. - Symons's Float Gauge. - In the autumn of 1866, I put down in various parts of the Eastern portion of the Lake District about a dozen 8 in. gauges of the pattern show, and (with the same object as Mr. Fletcher) put one of these in the Seathwaite garden. The observer in 1872 was not so careful as his predecessors, and so No.V., like No.IV. was not properly attended to. Eventually when Mr. John Birkett left Seathwaite to go to Rosthwaite he took this gauge with him, and sent records from it until his death. No.VI. - Marshall's Gauge. - Near the end of 1875, there was a change of tenant, and for a time it looked as if the Seathwaite record must be given up. Mr. Crosthwaite, F.S.A., however, kindly drove down from Keswick, and succeeded in preventing any breach of continuity. Still it was not pleasant to have any uncertainty on the point, so the late Mr. H. C. Marshall, of Derwent Island, who has land within 100 yards or so of the Seathwaite garden, procured from Casella a verified copper 5 in. gauge of the pattern designed by Mr. A. R. Binnie, C.E., for the Bradford Water Works, and had it placed in a level field, surrounded by an iron rail fence 3 ft. 3 in. high, and 6 ft. by 7 ft., and observed by one of his tenants. His son and grandson have had the observations continued, and long may they last. The existence of this record renders improbable (and futile) any attempt at extortion similar to that of 1875. No.VII. - Royal Meteorological Society's Gauge. - At the end of 1880, the Royal Meteorological Society decided that it was expedient that a complete climatological station should be started at Seathwaite, and the Assistant secretary (Mr. W. Marriott) took down the necessary instruments, as well as a Stevenson screen. There were thence in the same garden gauges I., IV., and the new copper one belonging to the Society, No.VII. All these patterns of gauge are represented by engravings facing page 22. |
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