David Rittenhouse
eBook - PDF

David Rittenhouse

Astronomer-Patriot, 1732-1796

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

David Rittenhouse

Astronomer-Patriot, 1732-1796

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This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1, 100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

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Table of contents

  1. Foreword
  2. Contents
  3. I. Paper Mill
  4. II. Farm Chores and Newton
  5. III. Clockmaker
  6. IV. Provincial Surveyor
  7. V. Solar System in Brass
  8. VI. Astronomer
  9. VII. Philadelphia
  10. VIII. Disillusion
  11. IX. War Clouds
  12. Χ. Liberals and Liberty
  13. XI. Treasurer in Exile
  14. XII. Prize Money
  15. XIII. Fiscal Fiasco
  16. XIV. Optics and Magnetism
  17. XV. Wilderness Breaker
  18. XVI. Dr. Franklin’s Friends
  19. XVII. Doctrine and Faith
  20. XVIII. Steam on the Delaware
  21. XIX. Mathematician to Jefferson
  22. XX. Philosopher
  23. XXI. Mint Builder
  24. XXII. Democrats and Whiskey
  25. XXIII. Return to Science
  26. XXIV. Calm
  27. Bibliographical Note
  28. Index