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Memoirs of the life of David Rittenhouse, LLD. F.R.S., late president of the American Philosophical Society, &c.

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The memoir offers a chronological account of David Rittenhouse’s life and accomplishments, interweaving his personal history with detailed sketches of contemporary scientific and civic institutions and portraits of numerous eminent contemporaries. It documents his practical and intellectual activities, correspondence, and public roles, and contextualizes them within the literary, scientific, and institutional landscape of his era. An extensive appendix gathers philosophical and other papers, many previously unpublished, while copious notes supply references, explanations, and editorial corrections. The narrative emphasizes the relationships between individual career, the growth of learned societies and public institutions, and the broader progress of science and the arts.

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Title: Memoirs of the life of David Rittenhouse, LLD. F.R.S., late president of the American Philosophical Society, &c.

interspersed with various notices of many distinguished men : with an appendix, containing sundry philosophical and other papers, most of which have not hitherto been published

Author: William Barton

Release date: December 2, 2023 [eBook #72283]

Language: English

Original publication: Philadelphia: Edward Parker, 1813

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MEMOIRS

OF THE LIFE

OF

DAVID RITTENHOUSE, LLD. F.R.S.

LATE PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, &c.
INTERSPERSED WITH
VARIOUS NOTICES OF MANY DISTINGUISHED MEN:
WITH
AN APPENDIX,
CONTAINING
SUNDRY PHILOSOPHICAL AND OTHER PAPERS,
MOST OF WHICH HAVE NOT HITHERTO BEEN PUBLISHED.
BY WILLIAM BARTON, M. A.
COUNSELLOR AT LAW;
Member of the American Philosophical Society, the Mass. Hist. Society, and the Royal Economical Society of Valencia, in Spain.

PHILADELPHIA:
PUBLISHED BY EDWARD PARKER, NO. 178, MARKET-STREET.
W. Brown, Printer, Church-Alley.
1813.

DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO WIT:

BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the ninth day of October, in the thirty-eighth year of the independence of the United States of America, A. D. 1813, William Barton of the said district, hath deposited in this office the Title of a book, the right whereof he claims as Author, in the words following, to wit:

“Memoirs of the Life of David Rittenhouse, L. L. D. F.R.S, late President of the American Philosophical Society, &c. Interspersed with various notices of many distinguished men: with an Appendix, containing sundry philosophical and other papers, most of which have not hitherto been published. By William Barton, M. A. Counsellor at Law; Member of the American Philosophical Society, the Mass. Hist. Society, and the Royal Economical Society of Valencia, in Spain.”

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