psychrometer
Americannoun
noun
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Weather and Climate - Middle School
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In one video, Huth licks his forearm and flails his arms, turning himself into a human sling psychrometer to estimate humidity.
From Washington Post ● May 13, 2020
And in 1892, a German scientist—he had the unfortunate name of Richard Assmann—built what was known as an aspiration psychrometer for even more minute accuracy.
From Time ● Aug. 4, 2015
One, called a psychrometer, compared a wet thermometer bulb, cooled by evaporation, with a dry thermometer bulb.
From Time ● Aug. 4, 2015
The humidity of the air was observed both by August's psychrometer and Saussure's hygrometer.
From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Alexander Leslie
The sling psychrometer as used by the U.S.
From The Dollar Hen by Milo M. (Milo Milton) Hastings
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