FNRS-2
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The FNRS-2 was the first bathyscaphe. It was created by Auguste Piccard. Work started in 1937 but was interrupted by World War II. The deep-diving submarine was finished in 1948. The bathyscaphe was n
The FNRS-3 at the Tour Royale in Toulon.
Auguste Piccard
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Auguste Antoine Piccard was a Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer known for his record-breaking hydrogen balloon flights, with which he studied the Earth's upper atmosphere and became the first per
FNRS-2
…The FNRS-2 was the first bathyscaphe. It was created by Auguste Piccard. Work started in 1937 but was interrupted by World War II. The deep-diving submarine was finished in 1948. The bathyscaphe was named after the Belgian…
Piccard in 1933
Auguste Piccard and Paul Kipfer, wearing improvised crash helmets, September 1930
Auguste Piccard in 1910