Piccard, Auguste
Published: August 18, 2006, 6:27 pm
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Auguste Piccard (1884–1962), a Swiss physicist remembered for his balloon ascents into the stratosphere, along with his twin brother Jean Felix (d. 1963). In 1932, Auguste ascended to 55,500 ft (16,916 m). He ultimately made a total of twenty-seven balloon flights, setting a final record of 72,177 ft (23,000 m). From 1946 on, he focused on ocean research, making several notable dives with his son, Jacques Piccard, off the African and Italian coasts in a bathyscaphe of his own design. In 1960, his son Jacques Piccard, with U.S. Navy Lieutenant Donald Walsh, descended 35,800 ft (10,912 m) into the Mariana Trench, located in the Pacific Ocean, just east of the Mariana Islands near Japan.
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Cutler J. Cleveland (Lead Author);Peter Saundry (Topic Editor) "Piccard, Auguste". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth August 18, 2006; Last revised Date August 18, 2006; Retrieved June 19, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Piccard,_Auguste>
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Cutler J. Cleveland is Professor of Earth and Environment at Boston University, where he also is on the faculty of the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies. Professor Cleveland is Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Energy (Elsevier, 2004), winner of an American Library Association award, the Dictionary of Energy (Elsevier, 2005), Handbook of Energy (Elsevier, forthcoming), and is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth. He is the recipient of the Adelma ... (Full Bio)
Auguste Piccard (1884–1962), a Swiss physicist remembered for his balloon ascents into the stratosphere, along with his twin brother Jean Felix (d. 1963). In 1932, Auguste ascended to 55,500 ft (16,916 m). He ultimately made a total of twenty-seven balloon flights, setting a final record of 72,177 ft (23,000 m). From 1946 on, he focused on ocean research, making several notable dives with his son, Jacques Piccard, off the African and Italian coasts in a bathyscaphe of his own design. In 1960, his son Jacques Piccard, with U.S. Navy Lieutenant Donald Walsh, descended 35,800 ft (10,912 m) into the Mariana Trench, located in the Pacific Ocean, just east of the Mariana Islands near Japan.
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