"Rain gauges are usually vertically placed sheet-metal hollow cylinders of from 5 to 8 inches in diameter. (The figure) shows a rain gauge with a funnel-shaped mouth, A, and an inside receiver, C, of less diameter than the outer cylinder." -Waldo, 1896

Rain Gauge

"Rain gauges are usually vertically placed sheet-metal hollow cylinders of from 5 to 8 inches in diameter.…