Celebrating 15!
Loading

Instruments necessary to make a diary of the weather

Roger Pickering1744

The Royal Society

The Royal Society
London, United Kingdom

This is plate 1 of ''A scheme of a diary of the weather; together with draughts and descriptions of machines subservient thereunto" published by Roger Pickering in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
The plate is composed of the following:

Fig. 1
aaaa. The Hygrometer seen in the inside.
bb. The Balance.
c. A small Piece of Wood, by which the Balance
is fastened to the Box.
d. The Sponge.
e. The Weight.
ff. Two little Rings, by which the Hygrometer
is hung up.

Fig. 2.
The graduated Plate on the Front of the Machine,
with its Index & Divisions.

Fig. 3. The Anemoscope
a. The Pedestal.
b. The Pillar, in which the iron Axis is fitted.
c. The Circle of Wood, on which are described
the 32 Points of the Compass
d. The Index.
e. The wooden Tube upon its Axis.
l. The Velum.
g. The graduated Quadrant.
h. The Counterpoise of the Vane.

Fig. 4. The Velum taken off.
a. The Plane of the Velum.
b. The Spring.
cc. The wooden Radii.
4 4 The Holes, through which the Pin, in the Centre
of the Quadrant, goes.

Fig. 5. The Ombrometer
aa. The Board.
bb. The Tube.
c. The Graduation.
d. The Funnel fixed in the Tube.
e. The Funnel one Inch square.

Fig. 6. The Wild-Oat Hygrometer.
a. The Box and Plate.
b. The wild Oat, with- the Index upon it.
e. The Pin, with a small Piece of Ivory on its Head.

Show lessRead more
The Royal Society

Get the app

Explore museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more

Interested in Science?

Get updates with your personalized Culture Weekly

You are all set!

Your first Culture Weekly will arrive this week.

Home
Discover
Play
Nearby
Favorites