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Harris & Ewing, Inc. Identified! [Men with weather balloon on
roof of U.S. Weather Bureau building.] 1936. Washington, D.C. http://go.wisc.edu/iu5tgl
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The Schwerdtfeger Library has a new exhibit featuring the
history of weather forecasting. The exhibit details our progression from
prediction techniques that relied entirely upon optical phenomena to the inventions
of the Renaissance, the 19th century establishment of a United States Weather
Service, and the technological advances of the last ninety years that culminated
in the recent launch of the GOES-16 satellite.
Stop by the third floor corridor just outside the library for a brief
look back at the people, innovations, and milestones in weather forecasting
history.