PATENTS -- BERNARD VONNEGUT
Bernard Vonnegut holding the Oscillatory anemometer
Bernard Vonnegut holding the working model of his last patent, the "Oscillatory anemometer"

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"Deicing Means", #2,385,662, September 25, 1945.

"Manufacture of Ice", Robert Smith-Johannsen and Bernard Vonnegut, #2,491,837, December 20, 1949.

"Method of Crystal Formation and Precipitation", Vincent J. Schaefer and Bernard Vonnegut, #2,527,230, October 1950.

"Method of Generating Silver Iodide Smoke", #2,527,231, October 24, 1950.

"Rotating Disk Icing Rate Meter", B. Vonnegut and R. E. Katz, #2,585,604, February 12, 1952.

"Moisture Indicating Instrument", #2,596,744, May 13, 1952.

"Condensation Nuclei Generator", #2,606,270, August 5, 1952.

"Surface Tension Measuring Device", #2,627,177, February 3, 1953.

"Method and Apparatus for Measuring the Concentration of Condensation Nuclei", #2,684,008, July 20, 1954.

"Means for Measuring Individual Aerosol Particles, #2,702,471, February 22, 1955.

"Means for Detecting Aerosol Particles", #2,730,005, January 10, 1956.

"Apparatus for Measuring the Temperature of Moving Compressible Fluids", #2,764,023, September 25, 1956.

"Halogen Vapor Detector", #2,774,652, December 18, 1956.

"Vortex Whistle Measuring Instrument for Fluid Flow Rates and/or Pressure", #2,794,341, June 4, 1957.

"Generation of Electric Fields", #2,881,335, April 7, 1959.

"Apparatus for Measuring True Speed of Moving Compressible Fluids", #2,887,879, May 26, 1956.

"Low Energy Miniature-Size Recorder", #2,897,038, July 28, 1959.

"Glass Fiberization Method", #2,916,773, 1959.

"Means for Detecting and Measuring Aerosols", #2,986,923, June 6, 1961.

"Record Members to Provide a Visible Trace of Movement of a Mechanical Stylus", #2,992,128, July 11, 1961.
 
"Atmospheric Space Charge Modification", #3,019,989, February 4, 1962.

"Monitor and Spectrometer for Atmospheric Particulate Matter", Charles B. Moore and Bernard Vonnegut, #3,178,930, April 20, 1965.

"Method for Producing Particles of High Charge Density", Arnold W. Doyle, David Read Moffett, and Bernard Vonnegut, #3,210,007, October 5, 1965.

"Corona Current Sensing Device", Peter R. Leavitt and Bernard Vonnegut, #3,215,997, November 2, 1965.

"Freezing Nucleant", Bernard Vonnegut, Henry Chessin, and Richard E. Passarelli, Jr., #3,877,642, April 15, 1975.

"Two-Way Fluid Meter Pump", Bernard Vonnegut, #4,017,208, April 12, 1977.

"Rainfall Intensity Sensor", Bernard Vonnegut and Terry E. Battalino, #4,305,280, December 15, 1981.

"Oscillatory Anemometer", Bernard Vonnegut, #4,671,108, June 9, 1987.

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