Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-07-18
EXACT RECORD Of
TEMPERATURE KEPT
Automatic Registering Thermometer
OF Southern Pacific Shows
Changes on Chart
NINETy-EIGHT WARMEsT DAY
Coming OF Rains Brings the Record
Down and Deming Now En-
Joys Cool Weather

The self-registering thermometer
manufactured by the Kew Observa-
tory, England, and installed by the
Southern Pacific all along it, lines
reveals an interesting history of
temperature in Deming since last
February. A clock revolves a cyl.
lnder, around which is wrapped a
checked sheet, the horizontal lines
OF which indicate the day of the
week and the time of day. while the
perpendicular lines scale the TEN.
perainrc. The register j. made in
mdegbIc INK as the cylinder rcvolvcs
slowly, making one revolution per
week. The register goes up or down
according to the expansion by the
heat of n coil spring or the contrac-
ton caused by fall in temperature.
One drop of ink dropped in the min
nature dish feeds to the penpoint of
the register tracing every change of
temperature accurately and leaving
an mdisputable record of such
changes for every hour in the year.
Each week Il new sheet is put in and
the old sheet sent to the San Fran
cisco office for photographing and
permanent record. The originals are
returned here.
Tn" railroad company installed
this machine primarily for the pur-
pose of ascertaining the meritof
damage claims for freezing or spoil
ing of fruit shipped over its lines.
With this record in hand, Il claim for
damages, for instance. for fruit froz-
en- IN certain shipment can be either
confirmed as meritorious or denied.
as the case may be. The train regis
ter will show the position of the
train from the time of starring 10
reaching It's destination every hour
cn route. 4 reference to the tenn
peraturc record will show whether
freezing were possible during the
trip.
\ CONSTANT RECORD
\ glance through the record for
the past six months shows that the
minimum temperature occurs in
Deming between 1 and 6 in the morn
ing and the maximum between . 80
and ; in the afternoon. The temper
a,urc lines make almost even waves
between these hours. II rarely shows
any very sudden change. The mini
mumfor February occurred at 1
O'Clock on the morning of the 20th.
AT which time the thermometer regis
tered 26 above. The minimum in
March was 20 above, on the 10th, 1
a. H., and ranged between 80 ana
20 during the remainder of the
month. Twcnty.cight was the mini
mum in April, on the morning of the
18th, at & o'clock. The maximum
during April was -. The tempera-
turc ranged from 80 to 90 in MAY.
In June the hottest day registered
9S, AT o'clock p. m., the 29th. Dur
ing the first week in July the thcr-
momctcr seo-sawcd between 20 and
100, except on the Glorious Fourth.
when it went 10 JOG. Last week con-
tanned the hottest day of the year,
when the infallible tracing shows
l0S.
The sheets on which these records
are kept are twelve inches long and
five wide, aud have n registering ca -
paeity with reference to time of one
week, and with reference to degrees
of temperature from so below to 100
above l.. o. Tucker, the Government
weather man at Deming, and also an
employe of the Southern Pacific.
winds the clock every Monday morn
ing puts in fresh sheet. and de-
posts drop of indellible ink in the
tiny dish which feeds the register
ing pen. That is all there is to keep
ing the temperature record for n
week.