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Definition of Benjamin peirce
1. Noun. United States mathematician and astronomer remembered for his studies of Uranus and Saturn and Neptune (1809-1880).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Benjamin Peirce
Literary usage of Benjamin peirce
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1878)
"benjamin peirce, the son of Robert and Mary, not mentioned by Savage, ... [See
the wills of benjamin peirce, Jerahmeel Bowers, and William and Hannah Wilson ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1842)
"By benjamin peirce. Cambridge, US THE history of the literary institutions of
any country must, to a considerable extent, be the history of that country. ..."
3. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut [1636-1776] by Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly, James Hammond Trumbull, Charles Jeremy Hoadly, Council of Safety (Conn.). (1876)
"This Assembly do establish and confirm Mr. benjamin peirce to be Ensign of the
5th company or ... benjamin peirce ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1879)
"benjamin peirce, of Cambridge; JAMES D. DANA, of New Haven; JAMES HALL, of Albany;
STEPHEN ALEXANDER, of Princeton; ISAAC LEA, of Philadelphia; FAP BARNARD, ..."