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Dutch Pendulum Observations in the Atlantic and the Pacific

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I AM able to give the following particulars of the proposed pendulum observations in the Atlantic and the Pacific. In compliance with the request of the Geodetic Committee, the Minister of Marine has resolved that H.M. Submarine K XIII, appointed for service in the Dutch East Indies, will make the voyage to Java via the Panama Canal, in order to enable Dr. Vening Meinesz to make pendulum observations in the Atlantic and the Pacific. The main object of this voyage being scientific, the route has been fixed in accordance with the wishes of Dr. Vening Meinesz.

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MULLER, J. Dutch Pendulum Observations in the Atlantic and the Pacific. Nature 117, 786 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/117786a0

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