Auguste Piccard 1884 - 1962

occupation:
Explorer, Inventor, Scientist
Nationality:
Swiss
born in:
Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland

1884-1962, scientist; inventor; explorer, Swiss

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Professor Piccard's first ascent into the stratosphere
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