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...decades ago, no first-rate fair in the U. S. failed to feature a balloon ascension. Last week there was talk that Chicago's World's Fair might boast the greatest balloon ascension ever witnessed in the U. S. Shaggy-haired Professor Auguste Piccard visited the fair grounds with his twin Brother Jean, said he might ascend from Soldier Field to the stratosphere, if U. S. balloon manufacturers would back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: Fair Balloon? | 3/20/1933 | See Source »

Professor Auguste Piccard of the University of Brussels will peak on "Our Free Balloon in the Stratosphere" at 8 o'clock tomorrow evening in the Rice Institute of Geographical Exploration, Theodore Lyman '97, Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, emeritus, announced last night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PICCARD TO GIVE ADDRESS ON STRATOSPHERE FLIGHT | 3/20/1933 | See Source »

Since Professor Piccard is not arriving in Boston until tomorrow morning, it is impossible to learn about his plans. An informal dinner is being tentatively arranged for him at the Faculty club before his speech. Earlier in the day he will be the guest of honor at luncheon at the Institute of Technology, where he will also give an address...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PICCARD TO GIVE ADDRESS ON STRATOSPHERE FLIGHT | 3/20/1933 | See Source »

Birthdays. Oldest U. S. Doctor Merritt H. Eddy, 100; Wilhelm Hohenzollern, 74; Charles Curtis, 73; Daniel Willard, 72; Walter Johannes Damrosch, 71; Antonio Scotti, 67; Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 51; Auguste Piccard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Feb. 6, 1933 | 2/6/1933 | See Source »

Last week, Albert Einstein stepped ashore at San Pedro, Calif.; Auguste Piccard stepped ashore at Manhattan. While Professor Piccard allowed his twin brother to talk about left-handed twins (see p. 23), the balance of scientific attention tilted to Professor Einstein. For an hour before debarking he had been scowling through field glasses at U. S. warships in San Pedro Harbor. They annoyed him, made him exclaim: "More than ever before, I wish on this visit to promote international goodwill." German-American inter-relations is the subject of an international radio broadcast which he will make Jan. 23 for Philadelphia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Visiting Eminence | 1/23/1933 | See Source »

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