French meteorologist (born 1855)

Léon Teisserenc de Bort

Léon Philippe Teisserenc de Bort was a French meteorologist and a pioneer in the field of aerology. Together with Richard Assmann (1845-1918), he is credited as co-discoverer of the stratosphere, as both men announced their discovery during the same time period in 1902. Teisserenc de Bort pioneered the use of unmanned instrumented balloons and was the first to identify the region in the atmosphere around 8-17 kilometers of height where the lapse rate reaches zero, known today as the tropopause.

Born

1855

November 5

Died

1913

Era

1850s

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Léon, in brief

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1913 Died

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The world in 1913

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april 24 The Woolworth Building, a skyscraper in New York City, is opened.
april 4 First Balkan War: Greek aviator Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot to die in the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
august 10 Second Balkan War: Delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.
august 13 First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.

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