made in Edinburgh

Wind gauge, known as Lind Anemometer

This wind gauge, known as a Lind Anemometer, was made around 1820 by Alexander Adie, a scientific instrument maker based in Edinburgh. The original anemometer, devised by Dr James Lind (1736-1812) in 1774, was made by Alexander Adie's uncle John Miller.

Wind enters the anemometer through the L-shaped pipe and displaces liquid held in the glass tube. The degree of displacement (and from this the wind pressure) is measured on the boxwood scale. The vane indicates the wind direction.

Before being presented to the Museum by the Scottish Meteorological Society, the anemometer was part of the equipment at the Ben Nevis Observatory between 1883 and 1920. By that time, it was already an old piece of apparatus.

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Online ID:	000-100-102-809-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland T.1983.119
Date:	Around 1820 c. 1820
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What:	Anemometer, Lind / hydrometer
Subject:	10. METEOROLOGY (Departmental Classification)
Who:	Alexander Adie, Edinburgh (Maker) Lind (Eponym)
Where:	Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
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Description:	Lind anemometer by Adie of Edinburgh, c. 1820 and a hydrometer
References:	Clarke, T.N., Morrison-Low, A.D. & Simpson, A.D.C. Brass & glass scientific instrument making workshops in Scotland as illustrated by instruments from the Arthur Frank Collection at the Royal Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh: NMS, 1989. p 29, 55 Lind, James. 'Description and Use of a Portable Wind Gage'. Philosophical Transactions 65 (1775). pp 353-65
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