British Rainfall 1895, p.16
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British Rainfall 1895 page 16
HISTORY OF THE GAUGES. No.I. - Original Gauge. - The original gauge was a 5 in. one of zinc, with a can somewhat like the engraving, with the rim too flat, i.e. not so sharp and nearly vertical, as experience has proved to be desirable. It was sunk through a hole in a stone about a foot square, the rim being about 6 inches above the stone, and about a foot above the general level of the ground. It was used continuously until 1893, when it became too dilapidated and was replaced by a Snowdon pattern gauge like No.VII. The station was first inspected on August 12th, 1862, by Mr. G. Harvey Simmonds, who found that the measuring glass then in use had the following errors - |
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It was therefore practically correct.
I first visited the station on August 16th, 1866, and found that the old glass had been broken,and a new one obtained which was rather too large, i.e. it made the fall slightly too small, the error being |
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a new jar was therefore divided and supplied, and the old
one was not used after October, 1866.
I visited the station in 1873, in 1884, and in 1895, and on each occasion found all in good order. Having become a station of the Royal Meteorological Society, it is now inspected every two or three years by the Assistant secretary, Mr. W. Marriott. During the first five years (1845-49) Gauge I. was said to be six inches above the ground (perhaps the six inches was the height above the stone), but it was afterwards said to be ten inches, or 1 foot, which it certainly has been for 34 years out of the 50. The height above the sea has been variously given, but has always been 422 feet. Nos.II and III. - Seathwaite Field. - Of these gauges or this gauge, for it may have been one gauge moved in January, 1850, I can find no information. The name is not sufficiently definite to fix the position, and it (or they) may have been a little N. of the standard gauge, or near Mr. Marshall's gauge, No.VI. Gauge No.II. is said to have been 1 ft. 6 in., and No.III. 1 ft. 10 in., above the groound. No.IV. - Fletchers Gauge. - In the autumn of 1863, Mr. Isaac Fletcher, M.P., F.R.S., a relative of Dr. Fletcher Miller, decided upon obtaining fresh records from some of the positions where |
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