anemometer

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It may also have prompted the third director of the observatory - Romney Robinson - to develop a device for accurately measuring wind speed - the four cup anemometer.

From BBC • Jul. 13, 2025

A weather station with a spinning anemometer sits atop the shack.

From Washington Times • Nov. 19, 2018

El Faro didn’t even have a working anemometer, a wind-speed gauge.

From New York Times • May 1, 2018

Like the anemometer, it’s been around ever since a not-very-accurate means of measuring relative humidity was built by—once again—Leonardo da Vinci.

From Time • Aug. 4, 2015

In the painting he was standing next to a globe and holding an anemometer, a device for measuring wind speed.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti