Rain Gauge
notes: label: Description
content: The U.S. Weather Bureau transferred this instrument to the Smithsonian in 1904. A brass tag on the upper band of the frame reads "U. S. WEATHER BUREAU / RAIN GAUGE REGISTER / NO. 13 / MADE BY / JULIEN P. FRIEZ / BALTIMORE MD." The inner brass tube is stamped "U.S.W.B."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.230008
label: accession number
content: 42625
label: catalog number
content: 230008
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Rain Gauge
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 31 1/4 in x 14 in; 79.375 cm x 35.56 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall; inner brass tube: 20 3/16 in x 2 5/8 in; 51.27625 cm x 6.6675 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall; measuring stick, each: 24 in x 9/16 in x 1/8 in; 60.96 cm x 1.42875 cm x .3175 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall; nameplate: 1 9/16 in x 2 3/4 in; 3.96875 cm x 6.985 cm