James Melville Gilliss (September 6, 1811 – February 9, 1865) was an astronomer, United States naval officer and founder of the United States Naval Observatory...
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USS James M. Gilliss (AMCU-13/YMS-262) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass named after James Melville Gilliss, a US naval officer credited...
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& WWVB USNO personnel Rear Admiral Samuel P. Carter Lieutenant James Melville Gilliss Lieutenant Louis M. Goldsborough Commander Matthew Fontaine Maury...
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James Melville Gilliss arrived in Chile to observe Venus and Mars to determine the distance between the Earth and the Sun.[citation needed] Gilliss'...
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admiral in the United States Navy Jim Gillis (golfer), see Maine Open James Melville Gilliss (1811–1865), astronomer, United States Navy officer and founder...
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Maury's Naval Observatory team included midshipmen assigned to him: James Melville Gilliss, Lieutenants John Mercer Brooke, William Lewis Herndon, Lardner...
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USNS James M. Gilliss (T-AGOR-4) was a Robert D. Conrad-class oceanographic research ship acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1962. The ship was operated by the...
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to all burials regardless of creed or social condition. In 1849 James Melville Gilliss led an American naval astronomical expedition to Chile in order...
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manufacturer John Garland (1793–1861), general in the Regular Army James Melville Gilliss (1811–1865), U.S. Navy officer, astronomer and founder of the United...
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James Melville Gilliss, who arrived in Chile in 1849 to observe Mars and Venus from the southern hemisphere so as to improve solar parallax. Gilliss and...
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