biography
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Van Orstrand, C(harles) E(dwin)
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1870–1959)
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| biography:
| Geophysicist, born near Manito, Illinois, USA. He served the US Geological Survey (1901–40), where he made major contributions to a series of mathematical tables, then patented instruments for determining temperatures in deep wells and oil fields. |
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