WATER STAGE REGISTERS 91 



*t2 Tape Reel, for u*e with 



;:io print 



For convenience in handling and examining records on the 

 ted tape, a Tape Reel is provided, as shown above. The 

 tape is won ml upon a storage spool, or may be passed from one 

 spool to another over a table. umi< r a thin metal plate through 

 an opening in \\hi<h the figures on the tape may be observed, 

 and such notations as are desired made upon it while it is 

 wound from one spool to the oil 



CONSTRUCTION OF CURLEY PRINTING REGISTERS 



A base (1) about 1 1 in.-h.-s square, (See Figs. 45, 46 and 

 47), at either corner of \\hirh is a rod (2) 22 im-h,-* Imp. 

 -npporting a top (3). forms a franu i".. r the register. On the 

 base i 1 i t -\t. Muling to top (3) is the back frame (4) which sup- 

 ports the clock, pa pc k< t. .iml t\|x> wheels. 



The recording meckim-m . ..nsists of three parallel type 

 win-els, viz. the i mi. \\li.-.-l !~>i, the e\f-n fool \%hi-rl (6), and 

 the hiiiulrcdth of foot whrrl i 7 i. on thr f.i, -r ,! whirh are raised 

 figures an.l li\ i-ions indicating, respecti\rlv. th- \MT'HH\ n( tiin- 



i one to twelve hours, o!i\i<il mi,, intervals of 1 "> minutes; 

 the number of feet from to 36; and the hundredth* of a foot 



