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pluviometer

[ploo-vee-om-i-ter] / ˌplu viˈɒm ɪ tər /
NOUN
rain gauge
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Mr. J. PRINSEP, the eminent secretary to the Asiatic Society of Bengal, found a fish in the pluviometer at Calcutta, in 1838.—Journ.

From Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 by Sir James Emerson Tennent

The pluviometer is placed on the right in the figure, P P being the plane of the roof of the building.

From A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility by Henry Negretti


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