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Memorandum on the technique of measuring relative gravity values on land by means of pendulums

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Bulletin Géodésique (1946-1975)

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Browne, B.C. Memorandum on the technique of measuring relative gravity values on land by means of pendulums. Bull. Geodesique 64, 145–168 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02526816

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