1906
Vincent Schaefer, American chemist and meteorologist (died 1993)
Vincent Schaefer, American chemist and meteorologist (died 1993)
Vincent Schaefer, American chemist and meteorologist (died 1993)
Vincent Schaefer
American chemist and meteorologist
- Born
- 1906
Vincent Joseph Schaefer was an American chemist and meteorologist who developed cloud seeding. On November 13, 1946, while a researcher at the General Electric Research Laboratory, Schaefer modified clouds in the Berkshire Mountains by seeding them with dry ice. While he was self-taught and never completed high school, he was issued 14 patents.