self-registering

[ self-rej-uh-ster-ing, -string, self- ]

/ ˌsɛlfˈrɛdʒ ə stər ɪŋ, -strɪŋ, ˌsɛlf- /

registering automatically, as an instrument; self-recording.

Origin of self-registering

First recorded in 1830–40

self-reg·is·tra·tion, noun

But to be used, the latter must be made as simple a little instrument as the former, and both should be self-registering.

Notes on Nursing |Florence Nightingale
The 17th century was not entirely unprepared for the idea of such a self-registering instrument.

The Introduction of Self-Registering Meteorological Instruments |Robert P. Multhauf
I will put a self-registering thermometer in the cabinet and see.

The Shadow World |Hamlin Garland
You can see the curve yourself if you ask Fraser to show you the self-registering barograph.

The Man Who Rocked the Earth |Arthur Train

All I ask is that the bulb of a self-registering manometer be pressed.

The Shadow World |Hamlin Garland