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Auguste Piccard

Auguste Antoine Piccard (28 January 1884 – 24 March 1962) was a Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer known for his record-breaking hydrogen balloon flights, with which he studied the Earth's upper atmosphere and became the first person to enter the stratosphere. Piccard was also known for his invention of the first bathyscaphe, FNRS-2, with which he…

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Known for
Bathyscaphe Magnetocaloric effect
Education
ETH Zurich
Born
Auguste Antoine Piccard (1884-01-28)28 January 1884 Basel, Switzerland
Children
Jacques Piccard (son)
Died
24 March 1962(1962-03-24) (aged 78) Lausanne, Switzerland
Fields
physics, inventor, explorer

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Auguste Piccard

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related to References in popular culture · 30
Auguste Piccard → Albert Einstein, American, Auguste, Auguste Piccard's, Belgian, Brussels, Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Gene Roddenberry, Hattie Naylor, Hennessy, Hergé, In, Isaac Newton, Jacques, Jean Felix Piccard, Jean-Luc Picard, London, March, Numa Sadoul, Paul Kipfer
related to External links · 7
Auguste Piccard → Ballooning MemoriesThe Piccard Gondola, Century Press Archives, ExhibitNewspaper, Footage, Piccard, Years, ZBW
related to Piccard family · 7
Auguste Piccard → Bertrand Piccard, Don Piccard, Jacques Piccard, Jean Felix, Jean Felix Piccard, Jeannette Piccard, Jules Piccard
Relatives · 3
Auguste Piccard → Bertrand Piccard (grandson), Don Piccard (nephew), Jean Piccard (brother)
Born · 1
Auguste Piccard → Auguste Antoine Piccard (1884-01-28)28 January 1884 Basel, Switzerland
Children · 1
Auguste Piccard → Jacques Piccard (son)
Died · 1
Auguste Piccard → 24 March 1962(1962-03-24) (aged 78) Lausanne, Switzerland
Education · 1
Auguste Piccard → ETH Zurich
Fields · 1
Auguste Piccard → physics, inventor, explorer
Known for · 1
Auguste Piccard → Bathyscaphe Magnetocaloric effect

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Auguste PiccardBornAuguste Antoine Piccard (1884-01-28)28 January 1884 Basel, Switzerland1.00infobox
Auguste PiccardChildrenJacques Piccard (son)1.00infobox
Auguste PiccardDied24 March 1962(1962-03-24) (aged 78) Lausanne, Switzerland1.00infobox
Auguste PiccardEducationETH Zurich1.00infobox
Auguste PiccardFieldsphysics, inventor, explorer1.00infobox
Auguste PiccardKnown forBathyscaphe Magnetocaloric effect1.00infobox
Auguste PiccardRelativesJean Piccard (brother)1.00infobox
Auguste PiccardRelativesBertrand Piccard (grandson)1.00infobox
Auguste PiccardRelativesDon Piccard (nephew)1.00infobox
Auguste PiccardWorkplacesFree University of Brussels (now Université libre de Bruxelles and Vrije Universiteit Brussel)1.00infobox
Auguste Piccardrelated to External linksFootage0.60section
Auguste Piccardrelated to External linksPiccard0.60section

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