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Davis (CHARLES HENRY American)

CHARLES HENRY, American mathematician; born in Boston, Jan. 16, 1807. He entered the United States navy in 1823, and was commissioned commander in 1854. He made several coast-surveys, partly in DAVIS conjunction with Prof. A. D. Bache, and partly with others. He wrote "Memoir upon the Geological Action of the Tidal and other Currents of the Ocean," and "The Law of Deposit of the Flood Tide."

He was also one of the founders of the "American Nautical Almanac." He died in Washington, D. C., Feb. 18, 1877. an