anemometer
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A device of this kind is called an Anemometer.
From Aeroplanes by Zerbe, James Slough
The accompanying example of the 687 readings of an Anemometer for 13 days 773 will illustrate the method of making 822 the entries, &c.
From A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility by Negretti, Henry
To assist the underwriters in their calculations, at the end of the room is an Anemometer, which registers the state of the wind day and night; attached is a rain gauge.
From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)
Osler's Anemometer, a surface of 2 square feet is now exposed to the wind instead of one foot as formerly; and the plate is supported by weak vertical springs instead of rods running on rollers.
From Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy by Airy, George Biddell
Anemometer, an instrument for measuring the force, course, and velocity of the wind.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin
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