Word: meinesz
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Died. Felix Vening Meinesz, 79, Dutch geophysicist who spent years in submarines measuring variations in the earth's gravitational pull, then developed a widely accepted theory of the origin of continents based on currents in the molten material below the crust of the earth, winning many honors, among them a Doctor of Science degree from Columbia University, which cited him as "a Jules Verne come to life"; of complications following a fall; in Amersfoort, The Netherlands...
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