Ixxvi Votes. 
mentioned it [Bowditch’s La Place] in my work on Goniometry, p. 56, as you 
will see. The three volumes, with which the distinguished author has com- 
plimented the Academy, make them ardently desirous of seeing the fourth 
volume, as well as the other works of the same author.”’ 
The passage of Mr. Cacciatore’s work, here referred to by him respecting 
Dr. Bowditch, is as follows :— 
“The profoundness and clearness, which are conspicuous in that work, 
demonstrate, that it was only by the aid of such powers of analysis, that a 
commentary could be written upon the immortal work of La Place, and that 
La Place cannot be read with advantage, unless it is "accompanied with the 
Notes of Bowditch. Italy must have a translation of it.’’— Esercizio di 
Goniometria, ecc., dal Cav. Niccold Cacciatore, Direttore del Reale Osservatorio. 
8vo. Palermo, 1837. 
NOTE K. pp. lix. 
Dr. Bowditch was a member of the following Scientific Societies ; which are 
here placed in the order of the dates of his diplomas : —The Edinburgh Royal 
Society, January 26th, 1818 ; Royal Society of London, March 12th, 1818 ; 
Royal Irish Academy, March 16th, 1819 ; Royal Astronomical Society, London, 
April 13th, 1832 ; Royal Academy of Palermo, March 12th, 1835; British 
Association, June 29th, 1835 ; Royal Academy of Berlin, March... , 1836. 
I have stated, that he would soon have been elected a member of the Royal 
Institute of France. An American gentleman who was in Paris, when the 
news of Dr. Bowditch’s death arrived there, wrote to a friend in this country, 
under date of May 30th, 1838, as follows : — ‘‘ Had he (Dr. Bowditch) lived a 
little time longer, he would have been a member of the Institute of France. 
His works had been referred to a committee ; and, that committee having 
asked Mr. Warden to furnish such information as he possessed as to his 
various works, I was applied to, as likely to know much more than any one in 
Paris about them. I immediately sent to the committee a hasty sketch, con- 
taining such anecdotes as I had heard, and such facts as I knew; and was 
shortly after informed, that there was no doubt of his nomination and appoint- 
ment. But within three weeks afterwards came the sad news of his death. 
I wish the Institute had moved a little earlier ; for it would have 
been an honor to the country, and gratifying to him.” 
