anemometer

• “The actual wind speed is unknown as the anemometer was broken and blown off at the 207 mark; it is estimated that if the equipment would have been able to survive the storm, the true amount would have been higher.”

  Making Light: Snowpocalypse Part Next

• “Paula #7: The actual wind speed is unknown as the anemometer was broken and blown off at the 207 mark;”

  Making Light: Snowpocalypse Part Next

• “The mileages registered by our anemometer were the mean for a whole hour, neglecting individual gusts, whose velocity much exceeded the average and which were always the potent factors in destructive work.”

  The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914

• “And the anemometer, which is still recording data, will stay there at least until warmer weather, he says.”

  Thestar.com - Home Page

• “We're going to talk about what kind of anemometer to get because I spent $200 this time and it's for nothing, you know what I mean?”

  CNN Transcript Oct 24, 2005

• “Great difference of opinion exists as to whether on large surfaces the average pressure per sq.ft. is as great as on small surfaces, such as anemometer plates.”

  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"

• “This is high praise, considering the TIV 2 has spikes, a photo of some prairie dogs, hydraulic panels, lifts, a swiveling jump seat, an anemometer that measures wind speed, a license plate reading "Do Not Follow During Adverse Weather" and a 92-pound IMAX camera in the back.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Storm Chaser and Tank Blow Into Town

• “(I personally recall recording a wind-gust of 70 mph with a hand-held anemometer atop the Atmospheric Sciences building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison).”

  The Washington Post: Massive, historic storm tearing through Midwest

• “The closest anemometer, in the town of Diepenbeek, recorded gusts above 50mph and there were reports of large hail and possibly a tornado.”

  The Guardian: Weatherwatch: Storms lead to collapsed stages and damage

• “He also developed numerous other instruments, including the manometer, cyanometer, diaphonometer, anemometer and mountain eudiometer, the first electrometer (1766), a device for measuring electric potential by means of attraction or repulsion of charged bodies, and the first hygrometer, utilizing a human hair to measure humidity (1783).”

  De Saussure, Horace Bénédict

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