Anemometer, Wright /Chanute
Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Richard Freres
- Physical Description
- Made of various metals, a 3 3/4" fan connected to meter gauge through geared mechanisms. Fan's outer edges enclosed in a circular metal housing with a vertical bar centered across front and back. Gauge is marked 0-99, hatch marks for each unit of 1 and multipes of 10 numbered.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the Library of Congress
- Inventory Number
- A19540019000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- EQUIPMENT-Test
- Materials
- Nickel-plated brass
- Steel
- Alluminum alloy
- metal alloy
- glass
- ink
- Dimensions
- 3-D (334g): 18.2 × 9.5 × 5.4cm (7 3/16 × 3 3/4 × 2 1/8 in.)
- Other (Fan Blade): 4 in. (10.2cm)
- Other (Indicator): 2 in. (5.1cm)
- Country of Origin
- France
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
- Exhibition
- Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19540019000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9732d9a22-acce-4a50-90d3-3d30b4801a5d
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