Maury River
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The Maury River is a 42.8-mile-long tributary of the James River in west-central Virginia in the United States. It is part of the watershed of the Chesapeake Bay.
Maury River at Goshen Pass
Ben Salem Lock on the Maury River near Lexington
View of Maury River, Lexington, Rockbridge County, Virginia
Maury River at Goshen Pass
Matthew Fontaine Maury
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Matthew Fontaine Maury was an American oceanographer and naval officer, serving the United States and then joining the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
Maury River
…System, the stream (or sections thereof) has been known historically as the "North River" and "Calfpasture River". It is named in honor of Commodore Matthew Fontaine Maury, and it travels past Lexington's Washington and Lee University and Virginia Military Institute, where Commodore Maury worked in his last years. There…
as a U.S. Navy lieutenant in 1853
Colour lithograph of the Vincennes, 1845.
Instrument for finding true lunar distances from Maury's 1834 article
Composite diagram showing, on the right, a single square from a Pilot Chart, covering 5-10°S and 35-40°W, an area off the east coast of Brazil. Numbers are the frequencies with which winds blow from the corresponding compass point. The key on the left indicates how the months of the year are laid out. The prevailing SE winds in this area are apparent.