A portable electric water-depth gage

H. G. Wilm; M. H. Collet

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A portable electric water-depth gage

Formally Refereed

Authors:

H. G. Wilm, M. H. Collet

Year:

1941

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Civil Engineering. 11(5): 305.

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Abstract

To meet the growing need for a portable instrument capable of accurately indicating water depths in wells and channels over a considerable range, the point gage was designed. As in other electric point gages, the distance of the water surface from a reference point is measured with a plumb-bob suspended on a graduated steel tape. Contact of the bob with the water surface closes an electric circuit, which activates the needle of a milliameter.

Keywords

water-depth gage, water surface, water stages, water levels

Citation

Wilm, H. G.; Collet, M. H. 1941. A portable electric water-depth gage. Civil Engineering. 11(5): 305.