Rain Gauge Register
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1900
name: label: maker
content: Friez, Julien P.
notes: label: Description
content: Julien P. Friez (1850-1916) was born in France, moved to the U.S. around 1868, opened a machine shop in Baltimore in 1890 and specialized in meteorological instruments. The firm became Julien P. Friez & Son in 1913, and Julien P. Friez & Sons in 1914. A brass plate on the ornate base of this instrument reads “U. S. WEATHER BUREAU / RAIN GAUGE REGISTER / NO. 10 / MADE BY / JULIAN P. FRIEZ / BALTIMORE, MD.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U. S. Weather Bureau
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.314538
label: catalog number
content: 314538
label: accession number
content: 204612
objectType: label: Object Name
content: rain gauge register
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/2 in x 9 in x 7 in; 26.67 cm x 22.86 cm x 17.78 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/4 in x 11 in x 12 3/4 in; 20.955 cm x 27.94 cm x 32.385 cm