Price Current Meter
Water
A current meter with a series of conical cups fastened to a flat framework through which a pin extends. The pin sets in the framework of the meter, and the cups are rotated around it in a horizontal plane by the flowing water, registering the number of revolutions by acoustical or electrical devices, from which the velocity of the water may be computed.
- — Service Hydrologist Reference Manual Glossary of Hydrologic Terms retrieved 2014-06-01