nephoscope

American

[nef-uh-skohp] / ˈnɛf əˌskoʊp /

noun

an instrument for determining the speed and direction of cloud motion.

nephoscope British

/ ˈnɛfəˌskəʊp /

noun

an instrument for measuring the altitude, velocity, and direction of movement of clouds

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Etymology

Origin of nephoscope

First recorded in 1880–85; nepho- + -scope

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Several thousand observations with various agencies, such as kites and pilot balloons and more especially measurements made with theodolites and nephoscopes, show that there is a definite twist to the right with elevation.

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Close by there was also a nephoscope for determining the motion of clouds.

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While taking the observations at midnight, he noticed St. Elmo's fire, a "brush discharge" of electricity, on the points of the nephoscope.

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