Anemometer
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In meteorology, an anemometer is a device that measures wind speed and direction. It is a common instrument used in weather stations. The earliest known description of an anemometer was by Italian arc
A hemispherical-cup anemometer of the type invented in 1846 by John Thomas Romney Robinson
A reconstruction of an anemometer by Leonardo da Vinci
Vane style of anemometer
Helicoid propeller anemometer incorporating a wind vane for orientation
Pitot tube
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A pitot tube measures fluid flow velocity. It was invented by French engineer Henri Pitot during his work with aqueducts and published in 1732, and modified to its modern form in 1858 by Henry Darcy.
Anemometer
…overcame this problem. Modern tube anemometers use the same principle as in the Dines anemometer, but using a different design. The implementation uses a pitot-static tube, which is a pitot tube with two ports, pitot and static, that is normally used in measuring the airspeed of aircraft. The pitot port measures the dynamic…
Aircraft use pitot tubes to measure airspeed. This example, from an Airbus A380, combines a pitot tube (right) with a static port and an angle-of-attack vane (left). Air-flow is right to left.
Pitot tube on Kamov Ka-26 helicopter
A Formula One car during testing with frames holding many pitot tubes
Location of pitot tubes on a Boeing 777