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  • Narrative of the North Polar expedition. U.S. Ship Polaris, Captain Charles Francis Hall commanding. Ed. under the direction of the Hon. G.M. Robeson, secretary of the navy, by Rear-Admiral C.H. Davis ...

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    • Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1876.
    • 1876
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  • Report on interoceanic canals and railroads between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. By Rear-Admiral Charles H. Davis, superintendent of the Naval Observatory.

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    • Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1867.
    • 1867
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  • Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating in compliance with a resolution of the 19th of March last [1866] a report of Rear Admiral Charles H. Davis, Superintendent of the Naval Observatory, in relation to the various proposed lines for interoceanic canals and railroads between the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

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    • [Washington, 1866]
    • 1866
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  • The computation of an orbit from three complete observations. From the "Theoria motus corporum cœlestium" of Charles Frederick Gauss. With an appendix containing Prof. Encke's conclusions in his discussion of the values of Z, his table for determining the existence of the double orbit, and Professor Peirce's graphic delineations of the curves, showing geometrically the roots of the Gaussian equation <IV.>, and the point of osculation in the doubtful case. Tr. and collected from the originals, and printed under the authority of the Hon. William A. Graham ... for the use of the Nautical almanac. By Charles Henry Davis ...

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    • Cambridge, [Mass.] Metcalf and company, 1852.
    • 1852
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  • Tables of the moon : constructed 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 navy.

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    • Washington : Printed for the use of the Nautical almanac, 1853.
    • 1853
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  • Report of Secretary of Navy in relation to armored vessels [microform]

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    • [S.l.] : U.S. G.P.O., 1864.
    • 1864

  • Narrative of North polar expedition, U.S. ship Polaris, Captain Charles Francis Hall commanding [microform]

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    • [S.l.] : U.S. G.P.O., 1876.
    • 1876

  • [Order for Navy and Marine Corps officers to accompany body of President Lincoln] [microform]

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    • [S.l. : s.n.], 1865.
    • 1865

  • Report on interoceanic canals and railroads between Atlantic and Pacific oceans [microform]

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    • [S.l.] : U.S. G.P.O., 1867.
    • 1867

  • Law of deposit of flood tide: Its dynamical action and office [microform]

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    • Washington, D.C. : [s.n.], 1851.
    • 1851

  • Narrative of the North Polar expedition [electronic resource] : U.S. Ship Polaris, Captain Charles Francis Hall commanding. Ed. under the direction of the Hon. G.M. Robeson, secretary of the navy, by Rear-Admiral C.H. Davis ...

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    • Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1876.
    • 1876

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  • 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 / by Charles Henry Davis ...

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    • Boston : Little, Brown and Co., 1857.
    • 1857
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  • Report on the harbor of Charleston [electronic resource] / by A.D. Bache ... Lieuts. C.H. Davis, J.N. Maffitt, M.F. Maury, U.S.N., J.D. Kurtz, U.S.E., to the Chamber of Commerce.

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    • Charleston, S.C. : From "the Print. office" of Councell & Daggett, 1852.
    • 1852

  • General examination of the Pacific Ocean [electronic resource] / by Capt. Charles Philippe de Kerhallet ... followed by nautical directions for avoiding hurricanes ; translated from the second French ed., under the direction of Commander Charles Henry Davis, U.S.N., by authority of the author.

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    • New York : E. & G.W. Blunt, 1861.
    • 1861
    • 1 Resource

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  • Narrative of the North Polar expedition [electronic resource] : U.S. Ship Polaris, Captain Charles Francis Hall commanding / edited under the direction of the G.M. Robeson, by C.H. Davis.

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    • Washington : G.P.O., 1876.
    • 1876
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  • Tables of the moon [electronic resource] : constructed 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 Benjamin Pierce, for the use of the Nautical almanac ; under the superintendence of Charles Henry Davis ; and published under the authority of the Hon. John P. Kennedy.

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    • Washington [D.C.] : Printed for the use of the Nautical almanac, 1853
    • 1853
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  • Communications and reports in relation to the surveys of Boston Harbor / by the United States commissioners, Joseph G. Totten, A.D. Bache, C.H. Davis, detailed for that purpose by the United States Government, at the request of the City Council of Boston, 1859.

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    • Boston : J.E. Farwell and Co., 1862.
    • 1862
    • 1 Item
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  • Le Verrier's letter on the intermercurial planets ; and Faye's remarks upon its application to the case of the total eclipse of July 17 (Astron. time), 1860.

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    • Cambridge : Welch, Bigelow and company, printers, 1860.
    • 1860
    • 1 Item
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  • Preliminary sketch showing the positions of Davis's South Shoal and other dangers recently discovered by the Coast Survey and the soundings on the Old South Shoal, Bass Rip, Old Man, Pochinck Rip, &c. / by the hydrographic party under the command of Lieutenant Cha. H. Davis, U.S. Navy in 1846, 1847 & 1848 and of Lieut. Cha. H. McBlair, U.S. Navy in 1859, '50, '51 & '52 ; A.D. Bache, superintendent.

    • Cartographic
    • [Washington, D.C.] : [United States Coast Survey], [1852?]
    • 1852
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  • Boston Harbor, Massachusetts : from a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache, superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States.

    • Cartographic
    • [Washington, D.C.?]: [U.S. Coast Survey], 1867.
    • 1867
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  • Boston Harbor, Massachusetts / from a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache, superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States.

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    • [Washington, D.C.?]: [U.S. Coast Survey], 1857.
    • 1857
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  • The harbor of Hyannis / from a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache, superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States ; triangulation by C.M. Eakin ; topography by W.M. Boyce ; hydrography by J.N. Maffitt under the direction of Chas. H. Davis ; verified by A.A. Humphreys.

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    • [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Coast Survey Office ; New York : Sherman & Smith, 1850.
    • 1850
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  • Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating in compliance with a resolution of the 19th of March last [1866] a report of Rear Admiral Charles H. Davis, Superintendent of the Naval Observatory, in relation to the various proposed lines for interoceanic canals and railroads between the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

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    • [Washington], [1866]
    • 1866
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  • General examination of the Pacific Ocean / by Capt. Charles Philippe de Kerhallet ... followed by nautical directions for avoiding hurricanes. Translated from the second French edition, under the direction of Commander Charles Henry Davis, U.S.N., by authority of the author. Bureau of navigation.

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    • Washington : Govt. print. off., 1869.
    • 1869
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  • Report of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, a report of Lieutenant Charles H. Davis, the officer charged with the superintendence of the prepartion of the American nautical Almanac.

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    • Cambridge, Mass. : Metcalf, 1852.
    • 1852

  • Report of the United States commissioners on the condition of Boston harbor.

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    • Boston, 1860-66.
    • 4987
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    Text Eng 1010.3 2nd, 5th,7th-10th (1860-66)Off-site
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  • Report on interoceanic canals and railroads between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. By Rear-Admiral Charles H. Davis, superintendent of the Naval Observatory.

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    • Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1867.
    • 1867
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  • Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating in compliance with a resolution of the 19th of March last [1866] a report of Rear Admiral Charles H. Davis, Superintendent of the Naval Observatory, in relation to the various proposed lines for interoceanic canals and railroads between the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

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    • [Washington, 1866]
    • 1866
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  • General examination of the Pacific Ocean, by Capt. Charles Philippe de Kerhallet ... followed by nautical directions for avoiding hurricanes. Translated from the second French edition, under the direction of Commander Charles Henry Davis, U.S.N., by authority of the author. Bureau of navigation.

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    • Washington, Govt. print. off., 1869.
    • 1869
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  • Tables of the moon : constructed 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 navy.

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    • Washington : Printed for the use of the Nautical almanac, 1853.
    • 1853
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  • Description of the Transit Circle of the United States Naval Observatory : with an investigation of its constants : prepared by order of Rear Admiral Charles Henry Davis..., by Simon Newcomb.

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    • Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 1867.
    • 1867
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