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A wind vane, weather vane, or weathercock is an instrument used for showing the direction of the wind. It is typically used as an architectural ornament to the highest point of a building. The word vane comes from the Old English word fana, meaning "flag". A cockerel is a traditional figure used as a vane placed on top of the cardinal directions.
The grasshopper is copper gilded with gold leaf with glass eyes. The vane fell off the building during the earthquake of 1755 which shook Boston. He and his son Thomas repaired it and remounted it. In 1768 Thomas placed a note labeled "food for the grasshopper" in the belly of the grasshopper. It read: Shem Drowne made it, May 25, 1742.
Wind vane (also called a weather vane or a weathercock) for showing the wind direction; Present Weather/Precipitation Identification Sensor for identifying falling precipitation; Disdrometer for measuring drop size distribution; Transmissometer for measuring visibility; Ceilometer for measuring cloud ceiling
A windsock (a wind cone or wind sleeve) is a conical textile tube that resembles a giant sock.It can be used as a basic indicator of wind speed and direction, or as decoration.
Image source: Getty Images. 1. Your spouse must qualify for benefits. If your spouse is eligible for either retirement or disability benefits, you could receive up to 50% of their full benefit ...
Going back to the Gilded Age, that was a time of evolving currency. Now we seem to be at a place where Trump is looking at it maybe changing the way the dollar is used.
Weathervaning or weathercocking [1] is a phenomenon experienced by aircraft on the ground and rotorcraft on the ground and when hovering.. Aircraft on the ground have a natural pivoting point on a plane through the main landing gear contact points [disregarding the effects of toe in/toe out of the main gear].
Authorities have confirmed that the bear responsible for attacking a Pennsylvania man had rabies. A resident of the town of Jim Thorpe was “aggressively approached” by a black adult male bear ...