The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Box Gauge

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A device for recording the height of tides, consisting of a long, vertical box, closed at the bottom, and having a sufficient number of small gimlet holes near the lower part to allow access of water, so that a copper float with a graduated rod contained within the box may be moved up and down with the tide.

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