Charles W. Hackley, USMA 1829
1809- January 10, 1861, at New York City, age 53.
- Assistant Professor of Mathematics, USMA, August 30, 1829 to August
28, 1831 and January 8, 1831 to September 30, 1833.
- Professor of Mathematics, University of New York, 1833-1839.
- President of Jefferson College, Mississippi.
- Professor of Astronomy, Columbia College, 1843-1861.
Publications:
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Hackley, Charles William, Elements of trigonometry, plane and spherical
: adapted to the present state of analysis : to which is added, their application
to the principles of navigation and nautical astronomy : with logarithmic,
trigonometrical, and nautical tables, for the use of colleges and academies.
New York : Wiley & Putnam, 1838. [USMA: SPECIAL COLL-BSMT-B30 QA531
.H27 1838]
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Treatise on Algebra, 1846.
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Elementary course of geometry, for the use of schools and colleges. New
York, Harper & Brothers, 1847. [USMA: SPECIAL COLL-BSMT-B30 QA453
.H12]
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A treatise on trigonometry, plane and spherical : with its application
to navigation and surveying, nautical and practical astronomy and
geodesy: with logarithmic, trigonometrical, and nautical tables, for the
use of schools and colleges. New York : G.P. Putnam, 1851. Edition. A new
ed., with extensive additions and improvements. [USMA: SPECIAL COLL-BSMT-B30
QA531 .H12]
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Haslett, Charles, The mechanic's, machinist's, and engineer's practical
book of reference: containing tables and formulae for use in superficial
and solid mensuration, strength and weight of materials ... : together
with the Engineer's field book, containing formulae for the various methods
of running and changing lines .. tables of radii and their logarithms ...
/ by Charles Haslett ; edited by Charles W. Hackley. New York : Stringer
& Townsend, 1856, c1855. [USMA: SPECIAL COLL-BSMT-B30 TA151 .H33]
To do:
Check out Karpinski.
Obituaries:
"Death of Professor Hackley," Scientific American, vol. IV, no. 4,
January 26, 1861, p. 56. Available via APS Online. Made copy.
References:
Arney, Chris, West Point's Scientific 200: Celebration of the
Bicentennial. Biographies of 200 of West Point's Most Successful and Influential
Mathematicians, Scientists, Engineers, and Technologists, 2002.