The simplest hygrometer - a sling psychrometer - consists of two thermometers mounted together with a handle attached on a chain. One thermometer is ordinary. The other has a cloth wick over its bulb and is called a wet-bulb thermometer.
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Hygrometers are instruments used for measuring relative humidity. A simple form of a hygrometer is specifically known as a psychrometer and consists of two thermometers, one of which includes a d...
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Weather observers can use a sling psychrometer to measure the amount of water vapor in the air - that is, its humidity. ... After the wick is dipped in distilled water, a weather observer whirls the sling psychrometer around, using the handle. As the instrument is whirled, water evaporates from the wick on the wet...
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A sling psychrometer consists of two thermometers; a dry-bulb and a wet-bulb. The dry-bulb thermometer takes the reading of the surrounding air while the wetbulb thermometer records the amount of cooling that is required for the water to evaporate at that specific temperature.
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The uniquely compact Bacharach Sling Psychrometer accurately determines percent relative humidity without the necessity of consulting complex tables. There is no need to wet the wick each time a reading is taken;
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A sling psychrometer an instrument that measures relative humidity (a hygrometer). The sling has two thermometers, a dry bulb and a wet bulb thermometer, mounted together on a chain. The wet bulb thermometer is wrapped in muslin that is moistened with distilled water.
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