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Matthew Fontaine Maury

Born

in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, The United States

January 14, 1806

Died

February 01, 1873

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Matthew Fontaine Maury (January 14, 1806 – February 1, 1873), United States Navy, was an American astronomer, historian, oceanographer, meteorologist, cartographer, author, geologist, and educator, LL.D.

He was nicknamed "Pathfinder of the Seas" and "Father of Modern Oceanography and Naval Meteorology" and later, "Scientist of the Seas," due to the publication of his extensive works in his books, especially The Physical Geography of the Sea (1855), the first extensive and comprehensive book on oceanography to be published. Maury made many important new contributions to charting winds and ocean currents, including ocean lanes for passing ships at sea. ...more

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Average rating: 3.55 · 22 ratings · 1 review · 183 distinct works

	The Physical Geography of the Sea, and Its Meteorology 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1963 — 147 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Physical Geography it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013 — 96 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Winds At Sea: Their Mean Direction And Annual Average Duration From Each Of The Four Quarters really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Explanations And Sailing Directions To Accompany The Wind And Current Charts: Approved By Captain D. N. Ingraham, Chief Of The Bureau Of Ordnance And ... Isaac Toucey, Secretary Of The Navy, Volume 1 by Matthew Fontaine Maury, U.S. Naval Observatory (Creator) it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A New Theoretical And Practical Treatise On Navigation: In Which The Auxiliary Branches Of Mathematics And Astronomy, Comprised Of Algebra, Geometry ... Simple Methods Of Finding Time, Latitude And really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Address Delivered Before the Literary Societies of the University of Virginia, on the 28th June ... liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On the Establishment of an Universal System of Meteorological Observations, by Sea and Land. it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Maury-simonds Physical Geography by Matthew Fontaine Maury (Creator), Frederic William Simonds (Creator) it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On the Saltness of the Sea it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First Lessons in Geography it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The rules of scientific investigation always require us, when we enter the domains of conjecture, to adopt that hypothesis by which the greatest number of known facts and phenomena may be reconciled.”
― Matthew Fontaine Maury, The Physical Geography of the Sea, and Its Meteorology

tags: conjecture, facts, hypothesis, investigation, rules, science, scientific-investigation

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