Aluminium tape used for recording rainfall, 1959

Made:: 1959 in United Kingdom

Two spools of aluminium rainfall record tape, unsigned, United Kingdom, dated 8 June 1959. This relates to analysis of the size of raindrops in clouds as measured from aircraft.

Details

Category:: Meteorology

Object Number:: 1997-935

Materials:: aluminium (metal) and paper (fibre product)

Measurements:: each tape: 25 mm 29 mm, .03kg

type:: rainfall record

credit:: Cornford, Stan G

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Spool, one of two, of aluminium rainfall record tape, unsigned, United Kingdom, dated 8 June 1959

Spool, one of two, of aluminium rainfall record tape, unsigned, United Kingdom, dated 8 June 1959. This relates to analysis of the size of raindrops in clouds as measured from aircraft.

Object Number:: 1997-935/1

type:: record tape

Spool, two of two, of aluminium rainfall record tape, unsigned, United Kingdom, dated 8 June 1959

Spool, two of two, of aluminium rainfall record tape, unsigned, United Kingdom, dated 8 June 1959. This relates to analysis of the size of raindrops in clouds as measured from aircraft.