What does St. Peter have to do with weather vanes? A lot according to historical records. Check out the history of this iconic symbol.

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 ...

Weather vanes may have different appearances, but they generally have one thing in common, and that is the direction the "arrow" points with respect to wind direction. That part of the vane opposite, ...

Just not Wankel. It should be a rotary vane engine. Picture a circle spinning inside an ellipse, with four vanes extending and retracting.

Sometimes, it’s nice to know how windy it is outside. Knowing the direction of the wind can be a plus, too. To that end, [Sebastian Sokołowski] built himself an unusual anemometer—a wind gauge—to feed ...