Charles Henry Davis
16 Jan 1807 – 18 Feb 1877
6 works on record
Biography
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.
Works
Life of Charles Henry Davis, rear admiral, 1807-1877
1899
Theory of the Motion of the Heavenly Bodies Moving about the Sun in Conic Sections
1857
General examination of the Pacific Ocean
Narrative of the North Polar Expedition
Narrative of the North Polar Expedition
Professor Encke's method of computing special perturbations
Professor Encke's method of computing special perturbations
Le Verrier's letter on the intermercurial planets
Le Verrier's letter on the intermercurial planets