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Anemometer A sensor that measures wind speed. Cup, propeller, and sonic anemometers are available. Historical Notes - 1450 The first anemometer, a disc placed perpendicular to the wind, was invented by the Italian architect Leon Battista Alberti. Robert Hooke, an English physicist, later reinvented the anemometer.
- 1846 John Thomas Romney Robinson, an Irish physicist, invented the spinning-cup anemometer. In this device, cups are attached to a vertical shaft; when the cups spin in the wind, it causes a gear to turn.
 
Subjects:- Meteorology
- Physics
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