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In meteorology, an anemometer (from Ancient Greek άνεμος (ánemos) 'wind' and μέτρον (métron) 'measure') is a device that measures wind speed and direction. It is a common instrument used in weather stations. The earliest known description of an anemometer was by Italian architect and author Leon Battista Alberti (1404–1472) in 1450.
1662 – Sir Christopher Wren invented the mechanical, self-emptying, tipping bucket rain gauge. [34] 1667 – Robert Hooke builds another type of anemometer, called a pressure-plate anemometer. [22] 1686 – Edmund Halley presents a systematic study of the trade winds and monsoons and identifies solar heating as the cause of atmospheric motions.
In 1441, King Sejong's son, Prince Munjong, invented the first standardized rain gauge. These were sent throughout the Joseon dynasty of South Korea as an official tool to assess land taxes based upon a farmer's potential harvest. In 1450, Leone Battista Alberti developed a swinging-plate anemometer, and is known as the first anemometer. [1]
1838: Screw-pile lighthouse invented by Alexander Mitchell. [22] 1843: Quaternion discovered by William Rowan Hamilton. [23] 1844: Hypodermic needle invented by Francis Rynd. [24] 1846: Cup anemometer invented by Thomas Romney Robinson. [25] 1848: Kelvin scale invented by William Thomson. [26] 1851: Binaural stethoscope invented by Arthur ...
A hemispherical cup anemometer of the type invented in 1846 by John Thomas Romney Robinson. John Thomas Romney Robinson (23 April 1792 – 28 February 1882), usually referred to as Thomas Romney Robinson, was an Irish astronomer. He was the longtime director of the Armagh Observatory, one of the chief astronomical observatories in the UK of its ...
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An anemoscope c1920s built by the American instrument maker Julien P. Friez & Sons is in the collection of Harvard university was designed to be used as part of an automatic wind recorder alongside a wind speed measuring anemometer. [3] Today anemoscopes are used in meteorological stations, and in transport especially boats.
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