Anemometer

Definitions

An instrument for measuring and recording the speed of the wind, a windmeter.

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“An anemometer constructed by the Soil Mechanics Laboratory of the Western Region, British Railways, has been installed at Dawlish Warren, near Exeter, to obtain⟳ a record⟳ of the velocity (speed⟳ and direction) of the wind. This information is used for the study⟳ of the effects of wind erosion on the sand dunes which protect⟳ the railway from the sea at that point⟳.”

“This anemometer was installed by the North Eastern Railway on Staithes Viaduct in 1884, to warn⟳ signallers of dangerously high winds.”

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