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Biram’s Anemometer circa 1890, Exc. Condition in Wood Box
$ 105.6
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Description
Excellent condition brassBiram’s Anemometer
Se
ems to be in good working condition, measures about 6 inches across.
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Biram’s Anemometer
Mechanical anemometers are an instrument used to determine the volume of air entering or exiting mine workings. They were invented by Benjamin Biram, house steward to the Earl Fitzwilliam, owner of numerous collieries in South Yorkshire, England, in 1844.
The formula used most often in mine ventilation using an anemometer was q=av, in which q equals the number of feet of air per minute, a equals the area of the airway in square feet and v equals velocity of air current in feet per minute. Anemometers, as used in mines, were produced in two styles, the Biram style which have the the dials and vanes on the same plane and the offset style which has the dials perpendicular to the vanes.
Anemometers are generally collected by mining collectors and scientific instrument collectors. The earlier models do not have the capability to return-to-zero as later models do. Most have 8 vanes but range from just 4 up to 12 vanes, and have from 1 to 6 dials on the face.
UP FOR SALE IS WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE FRONT PANEL TO SOME TYPE OF OLD POWER
GENERATOR.
THE PANEL IS 19 INCH X 11 INCH AND APPEARS TO BE MADE OF BAKELITE.
I ASSUME SINCE IT IS MADE OF BAKELITE IT WAS MOST LIKELY MADE FROM 1935- 1955
ITS KINDA OF HEAVY AND HAS A BUNCH OF WIRES BEHIND IT AS YOU CAN SEE.
CLEARLY ONE OF A KIND
WOULD BE SUPER STEAMPUNK