IDRAC, Pierre (1885 - 1935)

French physicist and meteorologist.

The development of the radio and the relative miniaturization of transmitters enabled a decisive step to be taken in altitude measurements. In 1927, the Frenchmen Pierre Idrac and Robert Bureau received, on the ground, for the first time, a short-wave transmission coming from the stratosphere. In 1929, Pierre IDRAC invented the radiosonde. This device, transported to a high altitude by a balloon filled with hydrogen, measured the pressure and temperature of the air and simultaneously transmitted the two measurements by radio.

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IDRAC, Pierre

Curriculum vitae

* 14.02.1885	Paris	nato
1927	Trappes	Naissance du radiosondage : premier essai
17.02.1929	Trappes	Invention de la radiosonde : premier vol d’un ballon-sonde retransmettant par radio la mesure de la température est effectuée
† 17.06.1935		morto

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Razionalizzazione, dal 1920 al 1950

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IDRAC, Pierre (1885 - 1935)