anemometer

Date: dated 1978

Inventory Number: 1999-1-0070

Classification: Anemometer

Subject:

meteorology,

Maker: Davis Instrument Manufacturing Company (founded 1963)

Cultural Region:

United States,

Place of Origin:

Baltimore,

Dimensions:

5 × 11 × 11 cm (1 15/16 × 4 5/16 × 4 5/16 in.)

Material:

glass, metal, brass,

Description:

A windmill-type 8-bladed anemometer in a circular frame with a center dial. The housing is open at either end, and has a ring on the top of the instrument. Gauge is marked in increments of 10 from 0 to 100. There are two smaller gauges in the middle of the main gauge face, one incremented from 0 to 1000 and the other from 0 to 10,000.

Signedon face: DAVIS INSTRUMENT MFG. CO. / BALTIMORE, MARYLAND / MADE IN U.S.A. / BALL BEARING

FunctionTo measure wind speed.

ProvenanceDept. of Engineering, Harvard University.