self-recording

[ self-ri-kawr-ding, self- ]

/ ˈsɛlf rɪˈkɔr dɪŋ, ˌsɛlf- /

recording automatically, as an instrument.

Origin of self-recording

First recorded in 1870–75

Hence, the utility and importance of self-recording thermometers are evident.

A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments |Henry Negretti
Plu′viograph, a self-recording rain-gauge; Pluviom′eter, an instrument for measuring the amount of rain that falls.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) |Various
A self-recording thermometer is an amusing toy which will show this and becomes a valuable instrument if one raises fruit.

Reading the Weather |Thomas Morris Longstreth
Carried upon the bridge is a platform which bears a number of instruments, chief among which is a self-recording dynamometer.

The Romance of War Inventions |Thomas W. Corbin

The vane, like most other meteorological instruments, is self-recording at all important meteorological stations.

Meteorology |Charles Fitzhugh Talman