Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838, mathematician astronomer. Receipt to Hilliard Grey & Co. Receipt is for Bowditch's greatest scientific work, his translation and editing of Laplace's Mécanique Céleste of which Hilliard Grey had ordered four copies of volume one, published in 1829., 1832, May 9 -

Containers:
box 4
Scope and content:
  1. The four volume work is in the Lilly Library (Lilly QB351 .L312)
  2. Includes portrait of Bowditch
Acquisition information:
Purchased. H. P. Kraus, 16 East 46th Street, New York, N.Y. 10017. 1967.
Physical description:
Autograph document signed 8 x 20 cm.

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