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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 122, 13 August 1927, Page 5

As early as 4000 B.C. an Egyptian priest Avore a breastplate of twelve small stones or crosses. It Avas from this arrangement of stones that the idea of birthstones, one for each month of the year, is believed to have been derived. Rainfall is measured by means of a rain gauge, of which there are many forms. A common pattern has a copper funnel with an upper diameter of sin., dipping at its loAver end into a glass vessel. This collects the water. Avhich is measured by a measuring glass.

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