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85/1913 Rain gauges (2), measuring cylinders, glass, made by Angelo Tornaghi, used at Sydney Observatory, New South Wales, Australia, 1861-1900. Click to enlarge.
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Two rain gauge measuring cylinders

"Mr. Tornaghi for the Sydney Observatory has also constructed numbers of tide-gauges, standard barometers, self-registering barometers, micrometer eye-pieces, and numberless other instruments of importance."

Tornaghi was born Milan in 1831 and arrived in Sydney in 1858 to supervise the adjustment of the Negretti & Zambra instruments ordered by Sydney Observatory.

By 1861 he had set up his own business at 28 Bridge Street Sydney and was acting as a local agent for the London based Negretti …

Summary

Object No.

85/1913

Object Statement

Rain gauges (2), measuring cylinders, glass, made by Angelo Tornaghi, used at Sydney Observatory, New South Wales, Australia, 1861-1900

Physical Description

Two glass cylinder that are graduated at the base. Both cylinders sit on a circular glass foot and have a lipped spout on one side of the opening at the top of the cylinder. Scale divisions in hundredths of an inch from 0-15 have been engraved on the surface of the cylinder.

Short URL

https://ma.as/36977

Dimensions

Height

225 mm

Width

90 mm

Depth

90 mm

Source

Credit Line

Ex Sydney Observatory, 1985

Acquisition Date

30 September 1985

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Harvard

Two rain gauge measuring cylinders 2021, Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, accessed 25 March 2023, <https://ma.as/36977>

Wikipedia

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