Wind Meter
notes: label: Description
content: The inscription on the package for this small instrument reads "Wind meter / F. W. Dwyer Mfg. Co. / Michigan City, Indiana, U.S.A." Frank W. Dwyer (1883-1972) established The F. W. Dwyer Manufacturing Co. in Chicago in 1931. The firm moved to Michigan City in 1955.
label: Description
content: Ref: “Wind Meter Boon to Skippers,” <i>New York Times</i> (May 31, 1957), p. 38.
label: Description
content: Frank W. Dwyer and John Locke, “Air Meter,” U.S. Patent 2,993,374 (July 25, 1961), assigned to the F. W. Dwyer Mfg. Co.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0372.01
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0372.01
label: accession number
content: 1992.0372
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Meter, Wind
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: mylar (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 1.7 cm x 4.2 cm x 17.1 cm; 11/16 in x 1 5/8 in x 6 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 8 in x 2 7/8 in; 1.27 cm x 20.32 cm x 7.3025 cm