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anemometer

Datecirca 1922
Inventory NumberDW0627
ClassificationAnemometer
Subject
    Cultural Region
      Place of Origin
        Dimensionsanemometer: 8.5 × 9.5 × 10.5 cm (3 3/8 × 3 3/4 × 4 1/8 in.)
        case: 10.3 × 9.5 × 11.3 cm (4 1/16 × 3 3/4 × 4 7/16 in.)
        blue board box: 12.1 × 21.9 × 14.6 cm (4 3/4 × 8 5/8 × 5 3/4 in.)
        Material
          Accessoriesskein of blue and red twine, mounting screw with square base; brown wooden case with hook closure
          Descriptionsmall hand held anemometer with wind-mill wheel and counter dial on a black crackle stand. It has a cube-shaped wooden case with a brass hook and peg closure. Counter dial is marked "METER" and divided into increments of 1-100. Two smaller dials are inset on face of main dial. One is labeled "100" and divided into increments of 1-10. The other is labeled "1000" and divided into increments of 1-10.
          Signedunsigned
          Curatorial Remarkschart removed and filed
          Functionhand-held, portable gauge for measuring wind speed
          ProvenanceDavid Wheatland purchased in London, 1922.
          anemometer in  mahogany box with hinged lid
          Short and Mason
          Date: circa 1900
          Accessories: mahogany case
          Object number: 5600
          windmill-type anemometer or  "air meter"
          American
          Date: circa 1920
          Accessories: mounting screw attached to rod fitting; wooden, hinged instrument storage box
          Object number: 1998-1-0821
          anemometer
          Bendix Corporation
          Date: ca. 1940-1970
          Accessories: brown cowhide case for instrument, with latch and carrying strap
          Object number: 1999-1-0071
          anemometer
          Davis Instrument Manufacturing Company
          Date: dated 1978
          Object number: 1999-1-0070
          anemometer
          Richard Frères
          Date: 1882-1891
          Accessories: hinged case with tabbed closures; key or adjustment tool
          Object number: 1998-1-0869
          universal ring sundial
          German
          Date: 1700
          Accessories: None
          Object number: 7151
          electrochemical analysis machine
          Cambridge Instrument Company, Inc.
          Date: circa 1940
          Object number: 1996-1-0304
          universal ring sundial
          German
          Date: 1700
          Accessories: None
          Object number: 7164
          inclining sundial
          Matthew Berge
          Date: circa 1810
          Accessories: Fine fitted wooden case with provision for mounting the dial on top. and handwriiten instructions for use of sundial.
          Object number: 7477
          Augsburg-type sundial
          German
          Date: circa 1800
          Object number: 7050
          universal equatorial sundial
          George Dollond (I)
          Date: circa 1830
          Accessories: Mahogany box with fitted interior and two exterior brass hooks and two brass hinges.
          Object number: 7056
          polar planimeter
          German
          Date: after 1856
          Object number: 1999-1-0067