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Bowditch (NATHANIEL an American)

NATHANIEL, an American mathematician, born in Salem, Mass., March 26, 1773; published, in 1802, the "American Practical Navigator," a work of the highest value and utility. In 1814-1817, appeared his translation of the "Mécanique Céleste" of Laplace, with an able commentary-a work which obtained for him admission as a Fellow to the Royal Society of London.

He died in Boston, March 16, 1838.