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The diagrams accompanying this paper show the principal maximum rates of rainfall at Chestnut Hill Reservoir, Boston, between the years 1879-89. (Plates XXIX, XXX, XXXI, XXXII, XXXIII.) Previous to this time the observations were of the ordinary kind, viz., those taken from a simple rain gauge which was weighed after each storm. The writer had been impressed for some years with the importance of possessing an automatic and continuous record, but none of the gauges upon the market seemed to possess all the qualities which were desirable; accordingly, a gauge was designed and built in 1878 to plot a profile of all rains, and the following diagrams are tracings made directly from the record sheets of this gauge.
The diagrams accompanying this paper show the principal maximum rates of rainfall at Chestnut Hill Reservoir, Boston, between the years 1879-89. (Plates XXIX, XXX, XXXI, XXXII, XXXIII.) Previous to this time the observations were of the ordinary kind, viz., those taken from a simple rain gauge which was weighed after each storm. The writer had been impressed for some years with the importance of possessing an automatic and continuous record, but none of the gauges upon the market seemed to possess all the qualities which were desirable; accordingly, a gauge was designed and built in 1878 to plot a profile of all rains, and the following diagrams are tracings made directly from the record sheets of this gauge.
Maximum Rates of Rainfall
FitzGerald, Desmond (author)
2021-01-01
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