A hemispherical cup anemometer of the type invented in 1846 by John Thomas Romney Robinson
John Thomas Romney RobinsonFRAS[1] FRS FRSE (23 April 1792 – 28 February 1882), usually referred to as Thomas Romney Robinson, was a 19th-century Irish astronomer and physicist. He was the longtime director of the Armagh Astronomical Observatory, one of the chief astronomical observatories in the UK of its time.
He is remembered as inventor of the 4-cup anemometer.
^"1883MNRAS..43..181. Page 181". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 43: 181. 1883. Bibcode:1883MNRAS..43..181.. doi:10.1093/mnras/43.4.181.
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