Mar 26, 2021
Nathaniel Bowditch – Scientist of the Day
Nathaniel Bowditch, an American mathematician, was born Mar. 26, 1773.
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Nathaniel Bowditch – Scientist of the Day
Nathaniel Bowditch, an American mathematician, was born Mar. 26, 1773.
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An photo of the Nathaniel Bowditch House, which is located at Wilson Square. Bowditch was born in Salem (March 26, 1773-March 16, 1838), but he came to Peabody when he was an infant. It is unclear when the photo was taken.
At the time when Bowditch left Salem his family moved to what was a section of Danvers that would later break away and become Peabody.
Two images of Nathaniel Bowditch Home,which is located at 121 Central Street. Although Nathaniel Bowditch lived the majority of his life in Salem, MA he was born in what is now Peabody.
A postcard of Wilson Square from 1903 with the "Osborn," Nathaniel Bowditch and “Wilson" houses in the background. The postcard was printed by the Peabody Historical Society in 1906 and is part of a series no. 29.
There was once but one star in the dead of night. Obviously, there where many others. But there was only one that could be measured, followed, sworn on. But then came the young man, tragedy in his wake, a sister and two wives lost. And he traced the path of other stars, turned their meandering into order. And then, there were many many stars. But to this day, they all take their worth from the degrees they trace from the Polaris, the lonely star of the north.
Salem and the Eclipse of 1806
Apparently we have not seen a solar eclipse of such long “totality” since 1806, and in that year the “point of greatest duration” of daytime darkness was Salem, timed at 4 minutes and 48 seconds! When I read that, I had to drop everything and do a little research into this very notable eclipse in early America, starting with a pamphlet by Boston instrument maker Andrew Newell entitled Darkness at…
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Happy birthday Mr. Bowditch. Now carry on
Latham - Carry On Mr Bowditch - 010 by Ariel S. Winter Via Flickr: Carry On, Mr Bowditch (1955) by Jean Lee Latham is a fictionalized biography of Nathaniel Bowditch, the pioneer navigator whose The American Practical Navigator (1772), also know as The Sailor's Bible, is still in use today. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch won the Newberry Medal for outstanding children's literature. For more information on the illustrator, John O'Hara Cosgrave II, see my blog post here: wetoowerechildren.blogspot.com/2012/11/john-ohara-cosgrav... All images are copyrighted © and owned by their respective holders.