Book excerpt: Sky and Ocean Joined: The U.S. Naval Observatory 1830-200

From: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society | Date: May 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

The following passage is excerpted from Sky and Ocean Joined: The US Naval Observatory 1830-2000, pages 95-96, by Steven J. Dick (2003, Cambridge University Press, 609 pp., hardbound, $130.00, ISBN 0-521-81599-1). Reprinted with the permission of Cambridge University Press. All rights reserved.

Interesting as were the astronomical activities of these early Maury years, the hydrographic duties were a major and entirely separate dimension to the new [U.S. Naval Observatory]. As we have seen, Maury gave close attention to them, beginning with his duties at the temporary Depot in 1842. From these ...

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