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Salem
Students spend two classroom days contemplating and discussing the qualities of a leader and the definition of a hero. They read the story of Nathaniel Bowditch from the New Trade Winds Website and use it as a catalyst for discussions on...
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Lissajous Figures on an Oscilloscope
This Java tutorial is a three-dimensional simulation of a cathode ray oscilloscope producing Lissajous figures as it compares sinusoidal voltages.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Nathaniel Bowditch
A detailed biography of Nathaniel Bowditch (1773-1838 CE), navigator, astronomer, and mathematician.
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Nathaniel Bowditch, Scientist
Information about the work Nathaniel Bowditch did as a scientist, including his correction of 8,000 errors found in previously used navigational tables.
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Nathaniel Bowditch Born Here 1773
Information about the work Nathaniel Bowditch did as a scientist, including his correction of 8,000 errors found in previously used navigational tables.
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Nathaniel Bowditch, Portrait in the Peabody Essex Museum
Information about the work Nathaniel Bowditch did as a scientist, including his correction of 8,000 errors found in previously used navigational tables.
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Smithsonian Libraries: Scientific Identity: Nathaniel Bowditch (1773 1838)
A portrait of Nathaniel Bowditch from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.