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)
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On 23 January, 1960, Don and Swiss oceanographer Jacques Piccard, who had designed the bathyscaphe with his father Auguste Piccard, began their descent beneath the waves.
From BBC • Nov. 18, 2023
Two of its mountains, Wright Mons and Piccard Mons, were suspected of being volcanoes.
From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2022
In 1960, the son of inventor Auguste Piccard boarded the diving vessel to descend 35,814 feet into the Challenger Deep, part of the Mariana Trench.
From Washington Post • Oct. 22, 2018
“You’re 6-10, you come from New York City and you get into a dog sled,” Piccard said.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2017
The impulse turbines of Messrs. Faesch & Piccard, of Geneva, who gained a prize of two hundred and fifty pounds, have, however, been adopted since.
From The Story of Electricity by Munro, John
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