Pressure-plate anemometer (canvas sail acting on spring balance) in fitted wooden box

Made:: 1886 in Edinburgh

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Pressure-plate anemometer (canvas sail acting on spring balance) in fitted wooden box, 42 x 18 x 18 cm, made by Wm. Hume, Edinburgh, c1886

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Category:: Meteorology

Object Number:: 1984-532

type:: pressure-plate anemometer

credit:: Wellcome Institute

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Pressure-plate anemometer (canvas sail acting on spring balance) in fitted wooden box

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