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Benjamin Peirce   /bˈɛndʒəmən pɪrs/   Listen
Benjamin Peirce

noun
1.
United States mathematician and astronomer remembered for his studies of Uranus and Saturn and Neptune (1809-1880).  Synonym: Peirce.





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... which she studied at the age of seventeen, as we know by the date of the notes, were Bridge's "Conic Sections," Hutton's "Mathematics," and Bowditch's "Navigator." At that time Prof. Benjamin Peirce had not published his "Explanations of the Navigator and Almanac," so that Maria was obliged to consult many scientific books and reports before she could ...
— Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals • Maria Mitchell


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