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Nathaniel Bowditch

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American astronomer and mathematician who founded modern navigation (1773-1838)

Born 1773
Died 1838

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  • Cover of: The new American practical navigator: being an epitome of navigation; containing all the tables necessary to be used with the nautical almanac in determining the latitude, and the longitude by lunar observations, and keeping a complete reckoning at sea : illustrated by proper rules and examples : the whole exemplified in a journal, kept from Boston to Madeira, in which all the rules of navigation are introduced : also, the demonstration of the usual rules of trigonometry; problems in mensuration, surveying, and gauging; dictionary of sea terms; and the manner of performing the most useful evolutions at sea : with an appendix, containing methods of calculating eclipses of the sun and moon, and occultations of the fixed stars; rules for finding the longitude of a place by observations of eclipses, occultations, and transits of the moon's limb over the meridian; also a new method for finding the latitude by two altitudes
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  • Cover of: Useful tables from the American practical navigator
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    Cover of edition u00sefultablesfrombowdrich Cover of edition usefultablesfrom00bowd Cover of edition usefultablesfro00bowdgoog First published in 1868 — 12 editions
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  • Cover of: Bowditch's Useful Tables
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    First published in 1866 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: Bowditch for yachtsmen: piloting : selected from American practical navigator
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    First published in 1976 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The marine sextant: selected from American practical navigator
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    First published in 1976 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Marine weather
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    First published in 1979 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Bowditch's useful tables.
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    First published in 1844 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: ...Useful tables from the American practical navigator.
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    First published in 1917 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Bowditch's Useful Tables
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    First published in 1856 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Useful tables from Bowditch's practical navigator.
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    First published in 1874 — 1 edition
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We need a photo of Nathaniel Bowditch

American astronomer and mathematician who founded modern navigation (1773-1838)

Born 1773
Died 1838

Subjects

Navigation, Nautical astronomy, Tables, Boats and boating, Handbooks, manuals, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Marine meteorology, Maritime Meteorology, Meteorology, Maritime, Navigation, 1837, Oceanography, Pilots and pilotage, Reference books, Sextant, Weather, cotangent, cotangent secant, departure, dist, dist lat, google book, iii, lat, lat dist, latitude

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United States

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Alternative names

  • N. Bowditch
  • Nathaniel, Bowditch
  • Nathaniel Bowditch L.L. D.

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March 29, 2024 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
December 9, 2013 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import