A weather vane is also called a wind vane. It is a tool for measuring wind direction. It spins on a rod and points in the direction from which the wind comes. The weather vane is one of the oldest ...

Montague's No. 1 attraction is being put back up. The World's Largest Weather Vane, which was dismantled six months ago for repairs, is finally being put back into position at the city's Ellenwood ...

Weather vanes, used for centuries to indicate wind direction, now serve primarily as ornamental and symbolic decorations. Weather vane designs, often crafted from copper or gold-gilded steel ...

A weather vane, said to be one of the world's largest, now crowns one of the towers at Gospodor Monument Park, a can't miss attraction on the east side of Interstate 5, just before exit No. 63 ...

weather vane 2 Articles . ... [martinm] over at yoctopuce.com has an excellent writeup about measuring wind direction using just a single, easily printed disk and some phototransistors.

"The weather vane was made by a local builder, ... "Just as weather vanes indicate the direction from which the wind comes, so too does our theology point us towards God," he said.

A corroded weather vane found at a Fort McCoy, Wis., archaeological site is shown. Weather vanes have been used by sailors and farmers for more than 2,000 years to help predict the weather.