Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes ProCon History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture Money Videos
Francis W. Reichelderfer
Directory
References
Discover
Santa Claus flying in his sleigh, christmas, reindeer
Was Santa Claus a Real Person?
A human Inuit skull in a stone chambered cairn in Ilulissat in Greenland. These ancient graves are pre christian and are at least 2000
14 Tough Questions Answered
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.
10 Famous Artworks by Leonardo da Vinci
A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England
Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
Woman tied to a ducking stool, a method of punishment by means of humiliation, beating, or death. (cucking stool)
8 Unusual Punishments Inflicted on Women Throughout History
The Cheshire Cat is a fictional cat from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. (Alice in Wonderland)
11 Banned Books Through Time
Baseball laying in the grass. Homepage blog 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society, sports and games athletics
10 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time

Francis W. Reichelderfer

American meteorologist

Learn about this topic in these articles:

development of meteorology

  • Doppler radar
    In weather forecasting: Practical applications

    …area gained in importance after Francis W. Reichelderfer was appointed chief of the U.S. Weather Bureau (USWB) in 1939. Reichelderfer had previously modernized the U.S. Navy’s meteorological service and made it a model of support for naval aviation. During World War II the discovery of very strong wind currents at…

    Read More