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were made. He is also credited for popularizing the field of meteorology, and played a significant role in several scientific newspapers and magazines during his career. From 1884 until his death, Assmann published the popular monthly magazine
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and temperature. This was the first instrument that was able to provide reliable temperature readings with high altitude balloons, as it was capable of shielding its thermometric elements from
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Das Aspirations-Psychrometer. Ein Apparat zur Bestimmung der wahren Temperatur und Feuchtigkeit der Luft
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From 1887 to 1892, with airship designer Rudolf Hans Bartsch von Sigsfeld (1861–1902), he developed a
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Wissenschaftliche Luftfahrten, ausgeführt vom Deutschen Verein zur Förderung der Luftfahrt in Berlin
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Die modernen Methoden zur Erforschung der Atmosphäre mittels des Luftballons und Drachen
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in order to study the atmosphere. From these studies, valuable insights in regards to
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Beiträge zur Erforschung der Atmosphäre mittels des Luftballons
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Threefold aspiration-psychrometer (Assmann type, prior to 1900)
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Der Einfluß der Gebirge auf das Klima von Mitteldeutschland
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Richard Aßmann
Richard Aßmann (works council chairman)
Dick Assman
Richard Assmann and Arthur Berson
Arthur Berson
Magdeburg
Province of Saxony
Kingdom of Prussia
Gießen
German Empire
stratosphere
Magdeburg
Gießen
meteorologist
Magdeburg
aeronautics
aerology
Berlin
general practitioner
Bad Freienwalde
University of Halle
Berlin-Grünau
Lindenberg
University of Giessen
psychrometer
humidity
solar radiation

scientific balloon ascents
atmospheric stratification

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