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Container from Daubeny Laboratory Rain Gauge, Oxford, 19th Century

Inventory Number 37640


Item type
Object
Provenance
Transferred from the Dept of Zoology, Animal Ecology Research Group, per KT Marsland Esq. Presumably from the Daubeny Laboratory.
Physical material
Copper
Inventory No
37640
Accession Number
1970-49

Description

Two cylindrical copper containers, one inside the other.

A note tied to it reads: 'Rain gauge - set in stone block on parapet in centre of original laboratory on gardens side of building.' (apparently referring to the Daubeny Laboratory, which is situated on the edge of the Botanic Garden).