[f. Gr. ἄνεμος wind + -(O)METER; cf. barometer.]
1. An instrument for measuring the force of the wind; a wind-gauge.
1727–51. Chambers, Cycl., Anemometer, a machine wherewith to measure the strength of the wind.
1818. Art of Preserv. Feet, 36. They act as living … anemometers to ascertain the direction of the wind, especially when it is easterly.
1838. in Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc., I. 3. Drawings of a self-registering anemometer.
1860. Maury, Phys. Geog. Sea, ii. § 88. The sea-weed … serves the mariner as a sort of marine anemometer.
2. An apparatus for indicating the wind-pressure in an organ.
1876. Hiles, Catech. Organ, viii. (1878), 55. A wind-gauge, or anemometer … is a small curved glass tube into which a little water is poured, and it is then placed in one of the pipe holes on the sound board.
