Science Rhymes - Happy Birthday: Jean-Félix Picard (21 July 1620 – 12 July 1682) was a French astronomer and priest born in La Flèche, where he studied at the Jesuit Collège Royal
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EARLY DAYS OF AVIATION - Professor Picard who in 1932 ascended over 10 miles high in a balloon. This photo shows him and an assistant inside the metal capsule attached to thr
![Jean Felix Piccard - Minneapolis Newspaper Photograph Collection - Hennepin County Library Digital Collections Jean Felix Piccard - Minneapolis Newspaper Photograph Collection - Hennepin County Library Digital Collections](https://digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/api/singleitem/image/MplsPhotos/8454/default.jpg)