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The great geophysicist Vening Meinesz on the right with the crew of USS S-21,the submarine on which Dr

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The great geophysicist Vening Meinesz on the right with the crew of USS S-21,the submarine on which Dr. Meinesz conducted the first gravity surveys off thecoast of North America.The two civilians on the left are Frederick Wright of the Carnegie Institution of Washington and E. B. Collins of the Naval HydrographicOffice.

Display Date

1928 October 2

Collection

Historic Coast & Geodetic Survey

Keywords

Coast and Geodetic Survey

Geophysics Gravity