Other types of gauges include the popular wedge gauge ( the cheapest rain gauge and most fragile ), the tipping bucket rain gauge, and the weighing rain gauge.
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He also directed his far-ranging intelligence to the study of meteorology : in 1662 he invented the tipping bucket rain gauge and, in 1663, designed a " weather-clock " that would record temperature, humidity, rainfall and barometric pressure.
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The Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge is very accurate when measuring rainfall; but accumulations of other precipitation ( like sleet, snow, hail, and so on ) can introduce errors that are still often measured by a human observer . talk ) 14 : 51, 2 October 2015 ( UTC)