Piccard
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Auguste 1884–1962, Swiss physicist, aeronaut, inventor, and deep-sea explorer: designer of bathyscaphes.
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his son Jacques 1922–2008, Swiss oceanographer and bathyscaphe designer, born in Belgium.
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Jean Félix 1884–1963, U.S. chemist and aeronautical engineer, born in Switzerland (brother of Auguste).
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Auguste (oɡyst). 1884–1962, Swiss physicist, whose study of cosmic rays led to his pioneer balloon ascents in the stratosphere (1931–32)
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his twin brother, Jean Félix (ʒɑ̃ feliks). 1884–1963, US chemist and aeronautical engineer, born in Switzerland, noted for his balloon ascent into the stratosphere (1934)
Example Sentences
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Two of its mountains, Wright Mons and Piccard Mons, were suspected of being volcanoes.
From New York Times
Detective Beyrer said that a gold Lucien Piccard Seashark watch, valued at $2,500, went missing from the Wancura house and has not turned up at local pawn shops.
From New York Times
In 1960, Jacques Piccard and Lieutenant Don Walsh became the first humans ever to journey to the world's greatest depth, the bottom of the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean.
From BBC
Many animals already eat mealworms, according to Piccard.
From Fox News
On 23 January, 1960, the then US Navy officer, accompanied by Swiss national Jacques Piccard, made the first crewed dive to the floor of Earth's deepest ocean trench using the bathyscaphe Trieste.
From BBC
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