Teisserenc de Bort

Scientific  

/ tĕs-rä′dəbôr′ /

1. French physicist and meteorologist who pioneered the use of unmanned balloons outfitted with weather instruments for meteorological studies. Using these balloons he discovered and named the stratosphere in 1899.

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Example Sentences

From the markings on a planet that are known to be caused by condensation, a French meteorologist, M. Teisserenc de Bort, believes that the circulation of its atmosphere can be inferred, for wherever on the surface of the planet bright spots are seen, there the vapour of rising currents should be condensed.

From Project Gutenberg

M. Teisserenc de Bort, who is actively engaged in exploring the air from a meteorological standpoint, has constructed a very sensitive thermometer made of a blade of German silver set in a frame of nickel-steel that does not expand with heat.

From Project Gutenberg

In 1896 a French meteorologist named Teisserenc de Bort sent up sounding balloons with automatic instruments, discovered a calm, cold layer of air of uniform temperature, beginning six miles up.

From Time Magazine Archive

Finally in August 1894 a small sub-committee consisting of Messrs H. Hildebrand-Hildebrandsson, A. Riggenbach-Burckhardt and Teisserenc de Bort was charged with the task of producing the atlas.

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