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The great geophysicist Vening Meinesz meeting with Secretary of the Navy CurtisWilbur (subsequent to? after? ) gravity measuring cruise of Submarine S-21

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The great geophysicist Vening Meinesz meeting with Secretary of the Navy CurtisWilbur (subsequent to? after? ) gravity measuring cruise of Submarine S-21.Meinesz was heading an expedition to make the first marine gravity observationsoff North America.

Display Date

1928 October

Collection

Historic Coast & Geodetic Survey

Keywords

Coast and Geodetic Survey

Geophysics Gravity