Season 258 - Day 10 of 14

Instruments and Tools

First developed in a simple form by Renaissance polymath Leon Battista Alberti in the 1450s, this meteorological instrument was refined into its classic rotating-cup design by Irish astronomer John Thomas Romney Robinson in 1846.
Taking its scientific title from the Greek word for wind and now frequently utilizing ultrasonic sensors to measure the velocity of moving air, by what name is this device known?

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