Charles Henry Davis
Also known as
Davis, Charles Henry, 1807-1877.Davis, Charles HenryCharles Henry Davis United States Navy admiral (1807-1877)Davis, C.H.Charles H. DavisC. H. Davis查尔斯·亨利·戴维斯تشارلز هنري ديفيستشارلز هنرى ديفيسچارلز هنری دیویسЧарльз Генри ДэвисДэвис, Чарльз ГенриDavis, Charles Henry <1807-1877>Davis, Charles Henry, 1807-1877Rear Adm Charles Henry Davis (16 Jan 1807 - 18 Feb 1877)
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.
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL15487576A
- VIAF69134491
- WikidataQ5078930
- ISNI0000000108013402
Top Subjects
- Integrals (1)
- Perturbation (Astronomy) (1)
- Jupiter (Planet) (1)
- Vesta (Planet) (1)
- Tables (1)
- Moon (1)
- Intramercurial Planets (1)
Books by Charles Henry Davis
Total count: 3
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Professor Encke's method of computing special perturbationsMetcalf1851-01-01
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Tables of the moonconstructed from Plana's theory, with Airy's and Longstreth's corrections, Hansen's two inequalities of long period arising from the action of Venus, and Hansen's values of the secular variations of the mean motion and of the motion of the perigee. Arranged in a form designed by Professor Benjamin Pierce, consulting astronomer, for the use of the Nautical almanac. Under the superintendence of Charles Henry Davis, lieut. United States navy; and published under the authority of the Hon. John P. Kennedy, secretary of the navyPrinted for the use of the Nautical almanac1853-01-01
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Le Verrier's letter on the intermercurial planetsand Faye's remarks upon its application to the case of the total eclipse of July 17 (Astron. time), 1860Welch, Bigelow and company, printers1860-01-01