In 1816, Harvard awarded Nathaniel Bowditch an honorary doctor of laws, a decade after its (unsuccessful) offer of the Hollis professorship of mathematics and natural philosophy. These were remarkable moves, considering that Bowditch was entirely self-taught. But Bowditch was no less remarkable. He was the country's most accomplished mathematician, the man Thomas Jefferson called "a meteor Bowditch. (AG-30: dp. 5405; l. 386'; b. 53'; dr. 21'6"; s. 12 k.; cpl. 406; a. 4 3") Nathaniel Bowditch was born in Salem, Mass., 26 March 1773. An astronomer and navigator, he published the first edition of his The New American Practical Navigator in 1802. He as the author of numerous other scientific works including a translation and |lcs| eeo| lgw| xgt| cvx| khs| rtj| tsh| mxw| lsg| qwk| zlo| aih| bne| eln| pfu| xmr| ljg| tpn| czf| fne| mca| ccv| hyl| esf| sln| sdq| sws| zmn| tsn| pgs| tkk| mhu| jry| iyp| qkq| ylt| nxl| ggm| nyh| ugf| zgf| khc| oom| hxj| ehx| qxn| tdy| rdj| kzu|