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About Nicholas H. Heck
Captain Nicholas Hunter Heck was a career officer of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Corps. A leading geophysicist of his time, Heck made important contributions in the study of seismology and oceanography. He also revolutionized hydrographic surveying by developing the wire-drag surveying technique and introduced radio acoustic ranging into Coast and Geodetic Survey hydrography.
Everything about Nicholas H. Heck →- Occupation
- oceanographer, seismologist, geophysicist
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- September 1, 1882
- Died
- December 21, 1953