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wire wind screen for precipitation gage
wire wind screen for precipitation gage

wire wind screen for precipitation gage

Date1886
Inventory Number1996-1-0184
ClassificationScreen
Subject
    User Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory 1885-present
    Maker Richard Frères 1882 - 1891
    Cultural Region
      Place of Origin
        Place of Use
          Dimensions36 × 63 × 63 cm (14 3/16 × 24 13/16 × 24 13/16 in.)
          Material
            Accessoriespart of 1996-1-0144a, b.
            DescriptionA tubular wire mesh construction, widening at the top, narrower at the bottom. The screen is torn at the bottom. Designed as a wind screen to protect a precipitation gage.

            Part of a Richard self-recording rain gauge.
            Signedunsigned
            FunctionWind screen to protect a precipitation gage
            ProvenanceBlue Hill Meteorological Observatory
            Historical AttributesScreen to go around precipitation gauge of item 129 (1996-1-0144a,b)
            box with inkwell and glass pipets
            box with inkwell and glass pipets
            Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory
            Date: circa 1886
            Accessories: goes with precipitation gauge
            Object number: 1996-1-0154a
            balloon meteorograph
            balloon meteorograph
            Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory
            Date: circa 1910
            Object number: 1998-1-0847
            Draper wind direction and speed recorder
            Draper wind direction and speed recorder
            Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory
            Date: 1890-1910
            Accessories: wind vane and anemometer (1996-1-0145b); additional anemometer cup (1996-1-0145c)
            Object number: 1996-1-0145a
            weather vane and cup anemometer for Draper wind direction and speed recorder
            weather vane and cup anemometer for Draper wind direction and speed recorder
            Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory
            Date: 1890-1910
            Accessories: additional cup (1996-1-0145c)
            Object number: 1996-1-0145b
            additional wind cup
            additional wind cup
            Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory
            Date: 1890-1910
            Object number: 1996-1-0145c
            split-tail wind vane
            split-tail wind vane
            Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory
            Date: circa 1885
            Object number: 1996-1-0135
            tailless six-sided Malay kite
            tailless six-sided Malay kite
            Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory
            Date: circa 1891
            Accessories: frame; piece of frame
            Object number: 1996-1-0149
            nephoscope eyepiece stand
            nephoscope eyepiece stand
            Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory
            Date: 20th-mid 20th Century
            Object number: 1997-1-1806
            hair hygrometer
            hair hygrometer
            Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory
            Date: after 1885
            Accessories: a fabric or oilcloth covered wooden and felt box closed with two hooks
            Object number: 1998-1-0817
            blown-glass birdfeeder from Blue Hills Observatory
            blown-glass birdfeeder from Blue Hills Observatory
            Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory
            Date: late 19th-mid 20th Century
            Object number: 2008-1-0154
            pressure gauges for tube anemometer
            pressure gauges for tube anemometer
            Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory
            Date: circa 1892
            Object number: 1998-1-0418a
            blown-glass birdfeeder from Blue Hills Observatory
            blown-glass birdfeeder from Blue Hills Observatory
            Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory
            Date: late 19th-mid 20th Century
            Object number: 1998-1-0746