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Word: mathmetician (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1968-1968
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Nathaniel a Bowditch rollicking was a Massachusetts astronomer and mathmetician. In 1799 he wr50te the U.S.'s first authoritative mariner's manual. Did he look like a rollicking seafarer or a pinch-faced accountant? How pretty was Charlotte Cushman, the American stage's most beguiling actress of the 1840s?Gold was first discovered in California at Sutler's Mill, but who was this German-born idealist, John A. Sutter? And what was his appearance after the gold rush had, paradoxically enough, ruined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Museums: Looking at History | 10/18/1968 | See Source »

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