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Definition of Bowditch
1. Noun. United States mathematician and astronomer noted for his works on navigation (1773-1838).
Generic synonyms: Astronomer, Stargazer, Uranologist, Mathematician
Medical Definition of Bowditch
1. Henry P., U.S. Physiologist, 1840-1911. See: Bowditch's law, Bowditch effect. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bowditch
Literary usage of Bowditch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present by Joseph Sabin, Wilberforce Eames, Bibliographical Society of America, Robert William Glenroie Vail (1869)
"Sketch of the Life and Character of Nathaniel Bowditch, LL.D. made at the Dedication
of the Bowditch School, January 7, 1862. Boston. 1863. 8vo, pp. 17. ..."
2. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1896)
"THOMAS Bowditch, b. June 5, 1698; d. Nov. 30, 1702. vi. JOSEPH Bowditch, b. Aug.
21, 1700, and is the subject of the record in the Read papers. ..."
3. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1822)
"Glenn, the niece of Mr. Tuckett, of Taunton, at the time when she was carried
away by James Bowditch (as she said), without her consent. ..."
4. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1873)
"Bowditch, OF BOSTON. . To the Editor of the PRACTITIONER. DEAR SIR, I think I
may fairly confess to a feeling of pride in being able to transmit to you for ..."
5. A History of the National Tuberculosis Association: The Anti-tuberculosis by Sigard Adolphus Knopf (1922)
"The son of Dr. Henry I. and Olivia Yardley Bowditch, he was born July 7, 1852,
at Weston, ... His father, the elder Bowditch, as has been mentioned on p. ..."
6. Cyclopaedia of American Literature: Embracing Personal and Critical Notices by Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck (1866)
"Nathaniel Ingersoll Bowditch, son of the eminent mathematician and astronomer, Dr.
Nathaniel ... Young Bowditch, in fact, appears to have been led into . ..."
7. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"The consequence was, that James Bowditch u-as indicted with eight or nine others,
for a conspiracy to carry off Misa (! lei m, and, together with his ..."
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