Aluminium tape used for recording rainfall, 1960

Made:
1965 in United Kingdom

Five spools on three reels of aluminium rainfall record tape in 3 film cannisters, unsigned, United Kingdom, taken on flights on 12 January 1965. These relate to analysis of the size of raindrops in clouds as measured from aircraft.

Details

Category:
Meteorology
Object Number:
1997-937
Materials:
aluminium (metal), paper (fibre product), steel (metal) and plastic (unidentified)
Measurements:
each tape: 41 mm 95 mm,
overall weight: .43kg
type:
rainfall record and container
credit:
Cornford, Stan G