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An ordinary maximum thermometer is used to check the accuracy of the automatic recorder Item Info

Title:
An ordinary maximum thermometer is used to check the accuracy of the automatic recorder
Photographer:
Swan, Kenneth D. (Kenneth Dupee), 1887-1970
Date Created:
1935
Description:
An ordinary maximum thermometer is inserted in the duff and used to check the accuracy of the automatic recorder. The vertical wire pin is used to prevent pack rats from stealing the thermometer. The sling psychrometer handle is used to facilitate 'setting' the thermometer.
Location:
Bonner County Priest River Experimental Station Weather Station
Latitude:
48.35111111
Longitude:
-116.8355556
Moscow Number:
3028
Source:
The sources for the photos in this collection were as follows: Priest River Experimental Forest, Moscow Foresty Sciences Lab, USDA-Forest Service Region 1 archive, University of Montana Library Gisborne Collection, and Ms. Susan Marsh
Source Identifier:
FireAlbum14
Type:
Image;StillImage
Format:
image/jpeg

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Preferred Citation:
"An ordinary maximum thermometer is used to check the accuracy of the automatic recorder", Experimental Forest and Savenac Nursery Archive, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/expforest/items/expforsav342.html
Rights
Rights:
Material produced by the United States Forest Service and is in Public Domain. For more information, please contact University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives Department at libspec@uidaho.edu.
Standardized Rights:
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/