Download or read book Invention of the Meteorological Instruments written by William Edgar Knowles Middleton and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The barometer -- The thermometer -- Instruments for measuring humidity -- The rain gauge and the atmometer -- The windvane and the anemometer -- The measurement of the duration of sunshine -- Early meteorographs -- Upper winds and the height and motion of clouds -- Upper-air soundings without telemetry -- Telemeteorography and the radiosonde -- Epilogue.