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

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

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