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Whenever I meet in Laplace with the words 'Thus it plainly appears', I am sure that hours and perhaps days, of hard study will alone enable me to discover how it plainly appears.

Nathaniel Bowditch

Nathaniel Bowditch

Nathaniel Bowditch

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Born: March 26, 1773

Died: March 16, 1838 (aged 64)

Bio: Nathaniel Bowditch was an early American mathematician remembered for his work on ocean navigation.

Known for:

Bowditch's American Practical Navigator (1802)
The Complete Nautical Dictionary
Suffolk Surnames Volume

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