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Auguste Piccard dives 3150 metres deep, 70th anniversary

Sep 30, 2023

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  • SWITZERLAND - CIRCA 1978: stamp printed by Switzerland, shows Auguste Piccard, circa 1978 , 11019746.jpg, 1978, August, Physicist, Piccard, Seal, Switzerland, academic, adult, aged, ancient, antique, balloonist, boffin, designer, engineer, envelope, face, forehead, glasses, hair, hairstyle, head, historic, inventor, letter, mail, male, man, message, mouth, mustache, nose, old, philately, portrait, postage, postcard, postmark, retro, savant, scholar, scientist, senior, spectacles, stamp, vintage,
  • Sees 500 mile plane speed near. Predicting that commercial planes will travel at speeds up to 500 mile an hour in the near future, Auguste Piccard, famous Belgian scientists who twice penetrated the stratosphere, is seen here. Aboard the SS Champlain on his arrival in New York, 21st. June. 21 June 1933, Belgium Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1344821
  • Discuss new stratosphere flight. Prof Jean Piccard (right), discussing with his twin brother, Prof Auguste Piccard, plans for jeans proposed flight into the stratosphere with Lt settle of the U.S. Navy for a new outreach record. 28 June 1933, United States Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1344647
  • Schweizer Physiker und Erfinder Auguste Piccard, Familie !AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Jan. 01, 1955 - Piccard in the German television: The world famous high-sea searcher Auguste Piccard was to be seen on Friday night (28.1) in the German television sender. The sending happened at Stuttgart where at present happens the television exhibition for Baden Wurttemberg. Photo shows Prof. Piccard in the Stuttgart studios during sending. - ZUMAk09
  • Oct. 10, 1953 - Professor Piccard makes record depth descent in Bathyscaph off coast of Italy.: Professor Auguste Piccard the 69 year old Swiss Born scientist dived to a world record depth of 10,335 feet (nearly two miles) in his Bathyscaph, the Trieste , at a point fifty miles from the Island of Ponza off the West Coast of Italy. The previous record depth was 6,889 feet set up by Commander Houot of the French Navy in the Bay of Toulon, Professor Piccard s dive was made in the Tyrrhenian Pit the deepest point of the Mediterranean Basin. Photo shows Professor Piccard seen aboard a tug after his great descent. - ZUMAk09
  • Oct. 10, 1953 - Professor Piccard makes record depth descent in Bathyscaph off coast of Italy: Professor Auguste Piccard the 69 year old Swiss Born scientist dived to a world record depth of 10,335 feet (nearly two miles) in his Bathyscaph, the Trieste , at a point fifty miles from the Island of Ponza off the West Coast of Italy. The previous record depth was 6,889 feet set up by Commander Houch of the French Navy in the Bay of Toulon. Professor Piccard s dive was made in the Tyrrhenian Pit - the deepest point of the Mediterrabeab Basin. Photo shows Professor Piccard s Bathyscaph in the Bay of Naples. - ZUMAk09
  • Professor Auguste Piccard, the world famous explorer of the upper air and lower depths of the sea, died in Lausanne following a heart attack. He was 78. 23rd March 1962. UnitedArchives00310164
  • Professor Auguste Piccard, the world famous explorer of the upper air and lower depths of the sea, died in Lausanne following a heart attack. He was 78. 23rd March 1962. Here he is photographed in Paris when he annouced his plans to sea dive fo more than 13,000 ft . 23rd May 1947 UnitedArchives00310163