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Jean Felix Piccard (January 28, 1884 in Basel, Switzerland – January 28, 1963 in Minneapolis, Minnesota), also known as Jean Piccard, was a Swiss-born American chemist, engineer, professor and high-altitude balloonist. He invented clustered high-altitude balloons, and with his wife Jeannette, the plastic balloon.
Jean-Felix Piccard (born Jan. 28, 1884, Basel—died Jan. 28, 1963, Minneapolis, Minn., U.S.) was a Swiss-born American chemical engineer and balloonist who conducted stratospheric flights for the purpose of cosmic-ray research.
24 de jul. de 2020 · But Jean-Félix Picard, who was both a priest and an astronomer, became the first person — lay or clergy — to give humankind an accurate idea of our planet’s size. He was born 400 years ago ...
24 de jul. de 2020 · Foi o padre e astrônomo francês Jean-Félix Picard que descobriu que o raio polar da Terra mediria 6.328 km (depois o número foi atualizado para 6.356 km) e conseguiu dar uma resposta digna a...
21 de jul. de 2020 · On July 21, 1620, French astronomer, cartographer and hydraulic engineer Jean-Félix Picard was born. He is regarded as the founder of modern astronomy in France. He introduced new methods, improved the old instruments, and added new devices, such as Huygens ‘ pendulum clock to record times and time intervals.
13 de dez. de 2022 · Share. Balloonists, scientists, serial explorers and pioneers of change: over the decades, the Piccards have revolutionized the world of STEM generation after generation. Rooted in Switzerland and driven by the scientific curiosity of twin brothers Auguste and Jean Felix Piccard, this family would, alone, leave permanent marks in history books.
31 de dez. de 2008 · Together with Jean-Felix Picard and Philippe de La Hire, he remapped France using astronomy, ingeniously exploiting Galileo's 1610 discovery of four satellites of Jupiter. They used the...
