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Bowditch, Nathaniel. 5. On the Eclipse of the 

 Sun of Sept. 17, 1811, with the longitudes of 

 several places in this country, deduced from all 

 the observations of the Eclipses of the Sun and 

 Transits of Mercury and Venus that have been 

 published in the Transactions of the Royal So- 

 cieties of London and Paris, the Philosophical 

 Society held at Philadelphia, and the Ame- 

 rican Academy of Arts and Sciences. Amer. 

 Acad. Mem. HI., 1815 (pt. 2), pp. 255-304. 



6. Elements of the Orbit of the Comet of 



1811. Amer. Acad. Mem. III., 1815 (pt. 2), 

 pp. 313-325 ; Lindenau, Zeitschr. III., 1817, 

 pp. 221-223. 



7. An estimate of the height of the White 

 Hills, in New Hampshire. Amer. Acad. Mem. 

 Ill, 1815 (pt. 2), pp. 325-328. 



8. On the variation of the magnetic 



needle. Amer. Acad. Mem. III., 1815 (pt. 2), 

 pp. 337-343. 



9. On the motion of a Pendulum sus- 



.pended from two Points. Amer. Acad. Mem. 

 III., 1815 (pt. 2), pp. 413-436. 



10. A demonstration of the rule for find- 

 ing the place of a Meteor, in the second Problem, 

 p. 218. Amer. Acad. Mem. HE., 1815 (pt. 2), 

 pp. 437-439. 



11. On a mistake which occurs in the 



Solar Tables of MAYER, LALANDE, and ZACH. 

 Amer. Acad. Mem. IV., 1818, pp. 28-29. 



12. On the calculation of the Oblateness 



of the Earth by means of the observed lengths 

 of a Pendulum in different latitudes, according 

 to the Method given by LA PLACE in the second 

 Volume of the " Mecanique Celeste," with 

 Remarks on other parts of the same work 

 relating to the Figure of the Earth. Amer. 

 Acad. Mem. IV., 1818, pp. 30-49. 



13. Method of correcting the apparent 



distance of the Moon from the Sun, or a Star, 

 for the effects of Parallax and Refraction. 

 Amer. Acad. Mem. IV., 1818, pp. 50-56. 



14. On the method of computing the Dip 

 of the Magnetic Needle in different latitudes, 

 according to the Theory of Mr. BIOT. Amer. 

 Acad. Mem. IV., 1818, pp. 57-61. 



15. Remarks on the methods of correct- 

 ing the Elements of the Orbit of a Comet in 

 NEWTON'S "Principia" and in LA PLACE'S 

 " Mecanique Celeste." Amer. Acad. Mem. IV., 

 1818, pp. 62-73. 



16. Remarks on the usual demonstration 



of the permanency of the solar system with 

 respect to the Eccentricities and Inclinations of 

 the orbits of the Planets. Amer. Acad. Mem. 

 IV., 1818, pp. 74-76. 



Bowditch, Nathaniel. 17. Remarks on Dr. 

 STEWART'S Formula for computing the Motion 

 of the Moon's Apsides, as given in the Sup- 

 plement to the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Amer. 

 Acad. Mem. IV., 1818, pp. 110-119. 



18. On the Meteor which passed over 



Wilmington, in the state of Delaware, Nov. 21, 

 1819. Amer. Acad. Mem. IV., 1818, pp. 295- 

 305. 



19. Occultation of Spica by the Moon, 



observed at Salem. Amer. Acad. Mem. IV., 

 1818, p. 306. 



20. On a mistake which exists in the 



calculation of M. POISSON relative to the Dis- 

 tribution of the Electrical Matter upon the 

 Surfaces of two Globes, in Vol. XII. of the 

 " Mernoires de la Classe des Sciences mathe- 

 matiques et physiques de ITnstitut Imperial de 

 France." Amer. Acad. Mem. IV., 1818, pp. 

 307-308. 



21. Elements of the Comet of 1819. 



Amer. Acad. Mem., IV., 1818, pp. 317-318. 



22. Lettre sur la methode de M. ELFORD. 



Zach, Corresp. X., 1824, pp. 449-453. 



Bowditch, W. R. Prize Essay : On the Chemi- 

 cal Changes in the Fermentation of Dung. 

 Agric. Soc. Journ. XVI., 1855, pp. 323-345. 



2. On the formation of Hail, as illustrated 



by Local Storms. Brit. Assoc. Rep. 1858 (j)t. 2), 

 pp. 35-36. 



3. On the removal of bisulphide of Car- 

 bon from Coal Gas. Chemical News, II., 1860, 

 pp. 77-78. 



4. On Coal Gas. Roy. Soc. Proc. X., 



1860-62, pp. 25-40 ; Chemical News, III., 

 1861, pp. 53-54, 68-69, 83-84, 98-99. 



5. On the sulphur-compounds in purified 



coal gas, and on crystallized Hydro-sulphocar- 

 bonate of Lime. Roy. Soc. Proc. XII., 1862- 

 63, pp. 185-190. 



Bowdoin, James. Observations upon an hypo- 

 thesis for solving the Phenomena of Light : 

 with incidental observations, tending to show 

 the heterogeneousness of Light and of the 

 Electric Fluid, by their intermixture or union 

 with each other. Amer. Acad. Mem. 1785, pp. 

 187-194. 



2. Observations on Light, and the waste 



of matter in the Sun and Fixt Stars, occa- 

 sioned by the constant efflux of light from 

 them : with a conjecture, proposed by way of 

 query, and suggesting a means by which their 

 several systems might be preserved from the 

 disorder and final ruin to which they seem 

 liable by that waste of matter, and by the law 

 of Gravitation. Amer. Acad. Mem. I., 1785, 

 pp. 195-207. 



