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Campbell-Stokes recorder. Photo: Jacque Comery
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This elegant looking glass sphere is our Station Campbell-Stokes sunlight recorder. The sunlight is focused by the glass spherical lens onto a card mounted behind the sphere. The number of hours of sunlight is measured by the length of the slot burned into the card. Needless to say that our cards are pretty much intact! A rather beautiful piece of scientific equipment.
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