Bowditch
[bou-dich]
- Nathaniel,1773–1838, U.S. mathematician, astronomer, and navigator.
- a handbook of navigation, American Practical Navigator, originally prepared by N. Bowditch and published since 1802 in a series of editions.
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Sam Kellers seen Halliday with the letter and told me after Bowditch had got it in his bag.
The UnderdogF. Hopkinson Smith
Bowditch was an American, and is highly distinguished at home and abroad.
With this angle and the known height of the light, enter Table 33 in Bowditch.
Lectures in NavigationErnest Gallaudet Draper
This should be pasted into the front of your Bowditch Epitome.
Lectures in NavigationErnest Gallaudet Draper
For an example of this method, see Bowditch, p. 77, example 3.
Lectures in NavigationErnest Gallaudet Draper