| Memoir of Nathaniel Bowditch (Trade) Contributor(s): Bowditch, Nathaniel (Author), Bowditch, Nathaniel (Abridged by) |
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ISBN: 1429097450 ISBN-13: 9781429097451 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $13.81 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology - Transportation | Navigation - History | Military - United States |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5" W x 8" (0.45 lbs) 180 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nathaniel Bowditch was born in Salem, Massachusets in 1773. He is frequently credited with being the father of modern maritime navigation. A brilliant and largely self-taught mathematician, Bowditch became interested in celestial navigation while at sea. His book American Practical Navigator has been so influential since its first publication in 1802 and through its many revisions that mariners refer to it simply as Bowditch.On the Sunday after Nathaniel Bowditch died in 1838, his son Nathaniel Ingersoll Bowditch memorialized his father's life and accomplishments to students at a chapel built especially for poor children in Boston. In 1841, these recollections were published in this memoir. |