Did you know the wind-speed device used at weather stations worldwide was invented at Armagh Observatory?

Did you know the wind-speed device used at weather stations worldwide was invented at Armagh Observatory?

The device used to measure wind speed at every weather station in the world was invented at Armagh Observatory and Planetarium. From the same hill, for more than 230 years, astronomers have studied the stars and the cosmos while, just outside, someone has gone out every single morning to record the weather on Earth. Two of the longest-running scientific endeavours — one looking up at the universe, one recording life on this planet — running side…