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Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist (died 1882)

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Thomas Romney Robinson

Irish astronomer (1792–1882)

John Thomas Romney Robinson, usually referred to as Thomas Romney Robinson, was an Irish astronomer. He was the director of the Armagh Observatory, one of the chief astronomical observatories in the UK of its time. He is remembered as inventor of the 4-cup anemometer.
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