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The tempest prognosticator, also known as the leech barometer, is a 19th-century invention by George Merryweather in which leeches are used in a barometer. The twelve leeches are kept in small bottles inside the device; when they become agitated by an approaching storm, they attempt to climb out of the bottles and trigger a small hammer which ...
His best-known invention was the Tempest Prognosticator—a weather predicting device also called "The Leech Barometer". [2] It consists of twelve glass bottles containing leeches, which, when disturbed by the atmospheric conditions preceding a storm, climb upwards, triggering a small whalebone hammer which rings a bell. Merryweather referred ...
George Merryweather (1794–1870), English inventor of the tempest prognosticator, a leech-based weather predicting gadget; James Merryweather (1929–2000), English cricketer; John Merryweather (1932–2019), Aruban landscape architect and politician; Julian Merryweather (born 1991), American baseball player
The first tide predicting machine (TPM) was built in 1872 by the Légé Engineering Company. [11] A model of it was exhibited at the British Association meeting in 1873 [12] (for computing 8 tidal components), followed in 1875-76 by a machine on a slightly larger scale (for computing 10 tidal components), was designed by Sir William Thomson (who later became Lord Kelvin). [13]
A FitzRoy storm glass. The storm glass or chemical weather glass was an instrument claimed to help predict weather. It consists of a special liquid placed inside a sealed transparent glass.
Kentucky's newest weather predictor has big shoes to fill after Major, 10, dies on Groundhog Day. Gannett. Katie Wiseman, Louisville Courier Journal. February 5, 2024 at 5:17 AM.
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“I have frequently made my prediction correctly in defiance of the polls, it’s based on 160 years of precedent.” Lichtman conceded, however, that there is always a possibility he could be wrong.