what is anemometer and how does it work
An anemometer is a device used for measuring wind speed, and is a common weather station instrument.The term is derived from the Greek word anemos ,which means wind, and is used to describe any wind speed measurement instrument used in meteorology.The first known description of an anemometer given by Leon Battista Alberti in 1450.n 1450, the Italian art architect Leon Battista Alberti invented the first mechanical anemometer; in 1664 it was re-invented by Robert Hooke (who is often mistakenly considered the inventor of the first anemometer).
An anemometer has cups on it and when the wind blows the cups spin around and one of the cups is a different colour so you count how many times the coloured cup goes around.If it is a high number than that means that the wind speed is high.n anemometer is a weather instrument used to measure wind direction and speed. A simple anemometer does just that but its wind speed is manually measured. Edit.