anemometer

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Dr Rok Nežič, who is the tours and outreach officer at Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, said there were ways to measure wind speed before the four cup anemometer, "but they weren't very accurate".

From BBC • Jul. 13, 2025

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

From Washington Times • Nov. 19, 2018

And while other competing anemometer designs existed, involving liquids and tubes, the four-cup design became standard in American mete- orology in the nineteenth century, remaining remarkably stable.

From Time • Aug. 4, 2015

An anemometer, an instrument for measuring wind speed and direction, is mounted on top of the car, as is a GPS device.

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2013

She asked for a barometer and an anemometer and a rain gauge for Christmas, and hung them outside her bedroom window.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz