Charles Henry Davis

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self-educated American astronomer and rear admiral of the United States Navy. worked for the United States Coast Survey and researched tides and currents, commander of the Western Gunboat Flotilla in the U.S. Civil War, one of the founders of the National Academy of Sciences, author of several books.

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Theory of the Motion of the Heavenly Bodies Moving about the Sun in Conic Sections
Theory of the Motion of the Heavenly Bodies Moving About the sun in Conic Sections, a Translation of Gauss's "Theoria Motus." With an Appendix | 2018
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Life of Charles Henry Davis, rear admiral, 1807-1877
Life of Charles Henry Davis, rear admiral, 1807-1877 | 1899
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General examination of the Pacific Ocean
General Examination of the Pacific Ocean | 1861
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Life of Charles Henry Davis, Re...Charles Henry Davis
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Life of Charles Henry Davis, Rear Admiral, 1807-1877
Life of Charles Henry Davis, Rear Admiral, 1807-1877 | 2023
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Theory of the Motion of the Hea...Charles Henry Davis
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Theory of the Motion of the Heavenly Bodies Moving about the Sun in Conic Sections
Theory of the Motion of the Heavenly Bodies Moving about the Sun in Conic Sections | 2022
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Narrative of the North Polar Ex...Charles Henry Davis
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Narrative of the North Polar Expedition
Narrative of the North Polar Expedition | 2013
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Le Verrier's letter on the inte...Charles Henry Davis
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Le Verrier's letter on the intermercurial planets
Le Verrier's letter on the intermercurial planets | 1860
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Tables of the moonCharles Henry Davis
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Tables of the moon
Tables of the moon | 1853
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Professor Encke's method of com...Charles Henry Davis
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Professor Encke's method of computing special perturbations
Professor Encke's method of computing special perturbations | 1851
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Theory of the Motion of the Heavenly Bodies Moving about the Sun in Conic Sections
Representative edition published 2018
Open Work
Life of Charles Henry Davis, rear admiral, 1807-1877
Representative edition published 1899
Open Work
General examination of the Pacific Ocean
Representative edition published 1861
Open Work
Life of Charles Henry Davis, Rear Admiral, 1807-1877
Representative edition published 2023
Open Work
Theory of the Motion of the Heavenly Bodies Moving about the Sun in Conic Sections
Representative edition published 2022
Open Work
Narrative of the North Polar Expedition
Representative edition published 2013
Open Work
Le Verrier's letter on the intermercurial planets
Representative edition published 1860
Open Work
Tables of the moon
Representative edition published 1853
Open Work
Professor Encke's method of computing special perturbations
Representative edition published 1851
Open Work

Charles Henry Davis

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