A Stevenson Screen
The standard housing for meteorological thermometers designed
by Thomas Stevenson, civil engineer (father of Robert
Louis Stevenson). It consists of a wooden cupboard,
with hinged door, mounted on a steel or timber stand,
so that its base is about 3 ft 6 in. above the ground,
the whole painted white. Indirect ventilation is
provided through the bottom, double roof and louvered
sides, and instruments placed within it give a close
approximation to the true air conditions, undisturbed
by the effects of direct solar or terrestrial radiation.
Equipment Inside (mounted on wood and attached to back
wall) :
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Thermometer |
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lHygrometer |
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Barometer |
Plans and Stevenson Screen prototype constructed by
Brian Burley, Worthington, Ohio.
| Front Door |
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Back |
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| Bottom |
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Roof |
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| Rouveredetail |
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