Anemometer
notes: label: Description
content: This type of cup anemometer was introduced in 1846 by John Thomas Romney Robinson (1792-1882), a physicist who served for many years as director of the Armagh Astronomical Observatory in Northern Ireland. The form was soon widely used around the world. This example registers the wind movement in miles and tenths of miles per hour. The inscription reads "USWB 1580-S."
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: PH.314535
label: accession number
content: 204612
label: catalog number
content: 314535
objectType: label: Object Name
content: anemometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 41 cm x 46 cm; 16 1/8 in x 18 1/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 in x 18 in; 40.64 cm x 45.72 cm