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Felix Andries Vening Meinesz

Felix Andries Vening Meinesz (July 30 1887 – August 10 1966) was a Dutch geologist and geodesist. His surname was "Vening Meinesz". Some sources give his middle name, apparently incorrectly, as "Alexander".

He made measurements of gravity.

A crater on the Moon is named after him.

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