Methods of Computing the Orbit of a Comet or Planet: Appendix to the Third Volume of the Translation of the Mécanique Céleste

by Nathaniel Bowditch

Excerpt from Methods of Computing the Orbit of a Comet or Planet

Examples for illustrating t ese calculations Remarks on the calculation of p by means 242, Forms of the fundamental equations, adopte the curtate distance....

297 pages, Hardcover

Published August 24, 2018

About the author

Nathaniel Bowditch was an early American mathematician remembered for his work on ocean navigation. He is often credited as the founder of modern maritime navigation; his book The New American Practical Navigator, first published in 1802, is still carried on board every commissioned U.S. Naval vessel. In 2001, an elementary and middle school in Salem was named in his honor.

Father of:
Henry Ingersoll Bowditch
Nathaniel Ingersoll Bowditch
and grandfather of:
Henry Pickering Bowditch
Charles Pickering Bowditch