Created and Researched by Shayna and Madison

Spring 2013

WEATHER
INVENTIONS
Table of Contents
Hygrometer.........................................................................Sl
ide 3
Thermometer…………………………………..……………...…Slide
5
Barometer……………………………………………………...…Slide
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Weather Balloon…………………..……..………………………Slide
9
Anemometer……………………………………………..….….Slide
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Weather Satellite……………………………………………….Slide
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Hygrometer
Hygrometer
•Used to measure moisture content
•Measures the humidity of any gas such
as air
•Francesco Folli invented the more
practical hygrometer in1664
•Some hygrometers use hair to determine
moisture content
•They are sometimes used in incubators
•Leonardo da Vinci developed the first
hygrometer in the 1400s
Thermometer
Thermometer
Galileo Galilei is one of the
inventors
Used to measure air temperature
Is a closed glass tube with a
scale(s)
Mercury or alcohol are sometimes
the liquid in the thermometer
Experiented on in 1610
Barometer
Barometer
Measures air pressure
 Designed by Torricelli
First built in 1643
Low pressure usually means rain is
coming
High pressure usually means clear skies
Barographs record the data found on the
barometer
Weather Balloons
Weather Balloons
Was invented in the late 1800s
Are similar to the originals
They were invented to store weather data
Weigh about 2.2 pounds
Are similar looking to a hot air balloon
Rise more than 15 miles while collecting
data
Anemometer
Anemometer
Leon Battista Alberti invented it
Invented in 1450
Records the revolutions of the cups
and calculated the wind velocity
Can be divided into two classes
Very similar to the first invented one
Anemos is a Greek word that means
wind
Weather Satellite
Weather Satellite
Successfully launched on April 1,
1960
Was televised from space
Weighs 270 pounds
Functioned for only 78 days(total)
Sends thousands of pictures to
Earth
Used to monitor the weather and
climate of earth
Weather Radar
Weather Radar
Shows where precipitation is
occurring and how hard its falling
Sends out pulses of microwave
energy
The energy reflects of raindrops or
snowflakes
More that 100 government run
weather radars
Very useful for predicting storms
Weather Map
Weather Map

Displays meteorological features across a

particular area
Have been in use since the mid-19th
century
Help locate weather fronts
Can show where jet streams are located
Rain Curtain
Rain
Curtain
Patent issued in 1995
Pocket portable
Has an inflatable ring cap
Hand free protection
Gives customers their own
space
Sheer shower curtain walls
Alternative to the bulky
umbrella
Bibliography
 How Does the Thermometer Work. April
22,2002.
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/how_it_works/
thermometer.html

 Hatheway, Becca. Weather Balloons. June

11,2010.
http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/atmo
sphere/weather/_balloon.html

 Weather Satellite. [Online image] Available

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_satellite
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