Auguste Antoine Piccard was a Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer. Piccard and his twin brother Jean Felix were born in Basel, Switzerland. Showing an intense interest in science as a child, he attended the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, and became a professor of physics in Brussels at the Free University of Brussels in 1922, the same year his son Jacques Piccard was born. He was a member of the Solvay Congress of 1927. Wikipedia
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In 1930 , an interest in ballooning , and a curiosity about the upper atmosphere led him to design a spherical, pressurized aluminum gondola that would allow ascent to great altitude without requiring a pressure suit. Supported by the Belgian Fonds Natio danceage.com/biography/Auguste_Piccard
Auguste Piccard died 1962 in Lausanne, Switzerland. His grandson Bertrand Piccard also became a balloonist, taking part in the first world circumnavigation. The Swiss scientist Auguste Piccard (1884-1962) is famed for his explorations of the stratospher www.makara.us/04mdr/01writing/03tg/bios/Piccard.htm
The Swiss scientist Auguste Piccard (1884-1962) is famed for his explorations of the stratosphere and the ocean depths. Born into an academic family in Basel on Jan. 28, 1884, Auguste Piccard was educated there and at the Zurich Polytechnic. From 1907 h www.novelguide.com/a/discover/ewb_12/ewb_12_05119.html
In 1930 , an interest in ballooning , and a curiosity about the upper atmosphere led him to design a spherical, pressurized aluminum gondola which would allow ascent to great altitude without requiring a pressure suit. Supported by the Belgian Fonds Nati www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Auguste_Piccard
In 1930 , an interest in ballooning, and a curiosity about the upper atmosphere led him to design a spherical, pressurized aluminum gondola which would allow ascent to great altitude without requiring a pressure suit. Supported by the Belgian Fonds Natio www.search.com/reference/Auguste_Piccard