Adding short description: "19th century sunshine recorder" (Shortdesc helper)
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{{Short description|19th century sunshine recorder}}
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[[Image:Sunshine_recorders.jpg|right|300px|thumb|A Jordan sunshine recorder (left). The other instrument is a [[Marvin sunshine recorder]].]]
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[[Image:Sunshine_recorders.jpg|right|300px|thumb|A Jordan sunshine recorder (left). The other instrument is a [[Marvin sunshine recorder]].]]
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A ”’Jordan sunshine recorder”’ is a type of [[sunshine recorder]] invented in the 19th century by T. B. Jordan with later modifications by his son, J. B. Jordan.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Beadle |first1=Martin |title=An Inexpensive Modification of the Jordan Sunshine Recorder |journal=Weather |date=1966 |volume=21 |issue=3 |pages=98–101 |doi=10.1002/j.1477-8696.1966.tb05196.x |url=https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/j.1477-8696.1966.tb05196.x |access-date=6 November 2021 |language=en |issn=1477-8696}}</ref> The device consists of a cylinder with two small apertures through which sunlight can pass. Two sheets of [[photosensitive]] paper are placed inside the cylinder and the recorder is positioned in such a way that the sunlight falling through the apertures leaves a path on the paper as the sun moves through the sky during the day.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Jordan’s Photographic Sunshine Recorder |journal=Nature |date=1 December 1885 |volume=33 |issue=843 |pages=180–181 |doi=10.1038/033180b0 |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/033180b0 |access-date=6 November 2021 |language=en |issn=1476-4687}}</ref>
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A ”’Jordan sunshine recorder”’ is a type of [[sunshine recorder]] invented in the 19th century by T. B. Jordan with later modifications by his son, J. B. Jordan.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Beadle |first1=Martin |title=An Inexpensive Modification of the Jordan Sunshine Recorder |journal=Weather |date=1966 |volume=21 |issue=3 |pages=98–101 |doi=10.1002/j.1477-8696.1966.tb05196.x |url=https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/j.1477-8696.1966.tb05196.x |access-date=6 November 2021 |language=en |issn=1477-8696}}</ref> The device consists of a cylinder with two small apertures through which sunlight can pass. Two sheets of [[photosensitive]] paper are placed inside the cylinder and the recorder is positioned in such a way that the sunlight falling through the apertures leaves a path on the paper as the sun moves through the sky during the day.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Jordan’s Photographic Sunshine Recorder |journal=Nature |date=1 December 1885 |volume=33 |issue=843 |pages=180–181 |doi=10.1038/033180b0 |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/033180b0 |access-date=6 November 2021 |language=en |issn=1476-4687}}</ref>
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