Bowditch, Nathaniel (1773-1838)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 3486. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

History And Archaeoastronomy, Biographies

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Insurance actuary, astronomer, mathematician, born in Salem, MA.
Self-taught, by age 15 he had compiled an astronomical almanac. Based on
practical experience at sea, he wrote the New American Practical
Navigator; published papers on comets and meteors, and translated PIERRE
LAPLACE's Mécanique Céleste....

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