Charles F. Marvin
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Charles Frederick Marvin (October 7, 1858 – June 5, 1943), was an American meteorologist.
Biography
He was born at
Weather Bureau
, and chief there in 1913.
Marvin conducted important experiments for determining the amount of moisture in the air, invented instruments for automatically measuring and recording rainfall, snowfall, etc., and produced other advancements during the time when man first began the employment of powered aircraft.
Marvin wrote numerous pamphlets and papers published by the
New International Encyclopedia
.
Marvin was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1916.[1]
He died at Doctors Hospital, Washington, D.C., after a month's illness.
References
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
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