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Model of Perkin-Elmer stratoscope

  • 1950s

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General view of Perkin-Elmer Corporation Vice President Thomas Fahy (right) and two unidentified individuals examining a model of a stratoscope, a balloon-borne astronomical telescope designed to study the turbulence and granulation in the Sun's photosphere, as well as planetary atmospheres. Stratoscopes were conceived of by astrophysicist Martin Schwarzschild (1912-1997) and primarily flown from the 1950's to the 1970's.

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Perkin-Elmer Corporation. “Model of Perkin-Elmer Stratoscope,” 1950–1959. Photographs from the Perkin-Elmer-Applera Collection, Box 1. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/xk81jm35n.

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