Officer in the United States Navy; American oceanographer, astronomer, meteorologist, cartographer, author, geologist, microscopist, scientist, historian, and educator.
Excerpted from Matthew Fontaine Maury on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Transcription by William Maury Morris aka "Brother Officer"
Wind and Current Charts
U.S.Navy Contributions to Science and Commerce (1847)
Explanations and Sailing Directions to Accompany the Wind and Current Charts, 1851, 1854, 1855
Lieut. Maury’s Investigations of the Winds and Currents of the Sea, 1851
On the Probable Relation between Magnetism and the Circulation of the Atmosphere, 1851
Maury’s Wind and Current Charts: Gales in the Atlantic, 1857
The Physical Geography of the Sea, 1855, 1856, 1859
Observations to Determine the Solar Parallax, 1856
Amazon, and the Atlantic Slopes of South America, 1853
Commander M. F. Maury on American Affairs, 1861
The Physical Geography of the Sea and Its Meteorology, 1861, 1874
Maury’s New Elements of Geography for Primary and Intermediate Classes
Geography: "First Lessons"
Elementary Geography: Designed for Primary and Intermediate Classes.
Geography: "The World We Live In" by M. F. Maury
Published Address of Com. M. F. Maury, before the Fair of the Agricultural & Mechanical Society.
Geology: A Physical Survey of Virginia; Her Geographical Position, Its Commercial Advantages and National Importance, Virginia Military Institute, 1869
Maury's Vindication of the South,” in the Volume 1, February 1876 (written 1871) Southern Historical Society Papers “
Patriotic Letters of Confederate Leaders,” in the Volume 2, July 1876, reply to Southern Historical Society Papers Konstantin Nikolayevich Romanov
First International Maritime Conference Held for Devising an Uniform System of Meteorological Observations at Sea Organized by Matthew Fontaine Maury, U.S.N. Official Report. (1853)
Addresses delivered by Matthew Fontaine Maury [ edit ]
Articles in The Popular Science Monthly Project [ edit ]
Works about Matthew Fontaine Maury [ edit ]