Recording Rain Gauge
date: label: date made
content: late nineteenth century
name: label: maker
content: Draper, Daniel
notes: label: Description
content: Daniel Draper (1841-1931) was born in New York City; worked with his father, the scientist John William Draper; apprenticed with the Novelty Iron Works; established a meteorological observatory in Central Park in 1869 and served as its director for many years; and received an honorary Ph.D. from the City University of New York. He also devised several recording meteorological instruments, and organized the Draper Manufacturing Co.
label: Description
content: This recording rain gauge came from the Draper family house in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. Its cast-iron frame is marked “DRAPER’S RECORDING RAIN GAUGE.”
label: Description
content: Ref: “Dr. Draper’s Rain and Snow Gauge,” <i>The American Meteorological Journal</i> 1 (1885): 487-488.
label: Description
content: “Draper’s Self-Recording Meteorological Instruments,” <i>Engineering</i> 40 (Dec. 4, 1885): 534-536.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
topic: label: Subject
content: Meteorology
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: John William Christopher Draper and James Christopher Draper
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.334277
label: accession number
content: 304826
label: catalog number
content: 334277
objectType: label: Object Name
content: recording rain gauge
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 1/2 in x 11 3/4 in x 13 in; 72.39 cm x 29.845 cm x 33.02 cm