Weather Bureau

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20026230

Description

Official in charge of the United States Weather Bureau Fort Worth station, J. H. Ferguson, holding a mercury vapor tube alongside a pencil to show off its minuteness. The Weather Bureau is trying out a new machine for determining the height of clouds in daytime. The machine called a "ceilometer" is installed at the weather bureau station at Municipal Airport. Mr. Ferguson is wearing three piece suit.

Archival Date

1946-01-06

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-380

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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License

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Subjects

United States Weather Bureau; Weather forecasting; Meteorology; Ferguson, J.H.; Ceilometer; Meteorological instruments