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A hemispherical-cup anemometer of the type invented in 1846 by John Thomas Romney Robinson. 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.
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]
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 ...
1441 – King Sejongs son, Prince Munjong, invented the first standardized rain gauge. These were sent throughout the Joseon Dynasty of Korea as an official tool to assess land taxes based upon a farmer's potential harvest. Anemometers. 1450 – Leone Battista Alberti developed a swinging-plate anemometer, and is known as the first anemometer. [22]
Anemometer for measuring wind speed; Pyranometer for measuring solar radiation; ... This page was last edited on 1 July 2024, at 21:25 (UTC).
The German Otto von Guericke (1602-1686) gave the title anemoscope to a machine invented by him to foretell the change of the weather, as to fair and rain. It consisted of a small wooden man who rose and fell in a glass tube as the atmospheric pressure increased or decreased.
1836: Induction coil invented by Nicholas Callan. [21] 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]
In 1441, King Sejong's son, Prince Munjong of Korea, invented the first standardized rain gauge. [43] These were sent throughout the Joseon dynasty of 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 was known as the first ...