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Engineering, 22.02.2021 02:00 2021andrewkell

A 20th-century disaster occurred when the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washirlgton state collapsed due to high wind speeds. Which of the following instruments would have helped civil engineers avert the disaster?
theodolite
planimeter
altimeter
anemometer

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