The first standardized rain gauge was invented in 1441 in Korea. In 1662 the first tipping bucket rain gauge was invented in Britain by Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke. The first systematic rainfall measurements were done between 1677 and 1694 by Richard Townley in Britain.Click to see full answer. Correspondingly, why was the rain gauge invented?Because of this restriction, the King needed a reliable way to understand how many crops the local land could produce, and therefore how much tax to charge. Therefore, the rain gauge was invented and used to measure rain amounts and to determine much tax to charge each citizen.Also Know, how does a rain gauge work? Recording of rainfall using the standard or funnel rain gauge is generally done manually. The diameter of the collector is 10 times that of the tube; thus, the rain gauge works by magnifying the liquid by a factor of 10. Magnifying the rain in this way allows precise measurements down to one-hundredth of an inch. Keeping this in consideration, who uses rain gauges? A rain gauge (also known as an udometer, pluviometer, or an ombrometer) is an instrument used by meteorologists and hydrologists to gather and measure the amount of liquid precipitation over an area in a predefined period of time.What is a rain gauge made out of?It consists of a 127 mm diameter copper cylinder with a chamfered rim made of brass. Precipitation that falls on the rain gauge orifice drains through a funnel into a removable container from which the rain may be poured into a graduated glass measuring cylinder.