TY - BOOK AU - Barton,William AU - Brown,William AU - Edwin,David AU - Parker,Edward AU - Peale,Charles Willson AU - Rittenhouse,David TI - 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 PY - 1813/// CY - Philadelphia PB - Published by Edward Parker, no. 178, Market-Street KW - Rittenhouse, David, KW - Astronomers KW - Pennsylvania KW - Biography KW - Scientific apparatus and instruments industry KW - United States KW - Scientists N1 - "An oration, delivered February 24, 1775, before the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for promoting useful knowledge. By David Rittenhouse, A.M. member of the said society."--Pages 543-577; "Note" (statement of two errata).--Page lxxviii; Copyright 1813 October 9, by William Barton.--Title page verso; Errors in paging: pages 434, 435 misnumbered 450, 451; Frontispiece portrait of David Rittenhouse, "from an original picture in the possession of Mrs. Sergeant," signed: C.W. Peale pinx. 1772; D. Edwin sculp; Includes bibliographical references; Sabin; 3855; Shaw & Shoemaker; 27835; Also available on the Internet UR - http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/text-idx?c=darltext;view=toc;idno=31735054861269 UR - https://archive.org/details/memoirslifedavi02bartgoog/page/n8/mode/2up ER -