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Barothermograph, "Explorer 2". Creator: Unknown.

Barothermograph, "Explorer 2". Creator: Unknown.

2-839-401 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Equipment from U. S. Army and National Geographic Society Stratosphere Balloon "Explorer 2" 208mm long, 85mm wide, 104mm 102 high; damaged in landing. American balloonists Orvil Arson Anderson (1895-1965) and Albert William Stevens (1886-1949) won the Mackay Trophy when they set a record of 72,395 feet in their balloon Explorer II in 1935.

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Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
Medium
  1. Copper alloy
  2. Non-magnetic white metal alloy
  3. Steel
  4. Unknown plating
  5. Unknown synthetic
  6. White metal plating
Picture Type
  1. Instruments-scientific
  2. Object
Category Hierarchy

Science & Nature Technology & Innovation

Science & Nature Discovery & Exploration

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3643x3643
File Size : 38,882kb

Aliases

  1. A19570121000
  1. NASM-62FC5858D4172_001-000001.txt
  1. 0990009985
  1. 2-839-401
  1. 2839401
  1. A19570121000

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