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cosmic ray summary

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Auguste Piccard, 1961
Auguste Piccard Summary
Auguste Piccard was a Swiss-born Belgian physicist notable for his exploration of both the upper stratosphere and the depths of the sea in ships of his own design. In 1930 he built a balloon to study cosmic rays. In 1932 he developed a new cabin design for balloon flights, and in the same year he