Myer was the chief of the Signal Corps in 1870 when Congress authorized the Army to begin “meteorological observations” and establish the National Weather Service. In 1879, Myer received a patent for his “Improvement in Meteorological Instruments” that could be used by individuals for predicting local weather in rural areas that had limited access to published weather forecasts.
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