Memoirs of
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共 68 题- MEMOIRS
- OF THE LIFE
- OF
- DAVID RITTENHOUSE, LLD. F.R.S.
- 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;
- PUBLISHED BY EDWARD PARKER, NO. 178, MARKET-STREET.
- DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO WIT:
- PREFACE.
- INTRODUCTION.
- LETTERS AND REFLEXIONS OF THE PRINCE DE LIGNE.
- CIC. de Naturâ Deorum.
- Which Mr. Hoole has thus translated—
- W. B.
- Mr. Pope has well observed, that—
- Mr. Dryden has thus translated the original into English verse:—
- Dr. Francis thus versifies this passage, in our language:—
- Thus rendered, in English verse, by Mr. Dryden:—
- See Note 64
- James was professor of mathematics, at Edinburgh; and
- DAVID RITTENHOUSE.[119]
- TO REV. DR. SMITH.”
- The warm and sincere interest which Mr.
- THOMAS BOND, V. P.”[179]
- TH. JEFFERSON.
- XX
- Dr. Franklin’s experiment with the elect
- BUCHAN.”
- WITH
- A DELINEATION OF HIS CHARACTER.
- “Of what importance to me are the names
- IN MEMORY OF
- DAVID RITTENHOUSE,
- AND
- HANNAH RITTENHOUSE,
- HIS WIFE,
- APPENDIX.
- GENTLEMEN,
- W. B.
- W. B.
- A MECHANIC.
- I remain your affectionate brother.
- DAVID RITTENHOUSE.
- ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS, 1776.
- W. B.
- The clock, at noon, was 23″ slower than mean time, whence
- Centre on do. 12 21 12.5
- FIRST ZEPHYR.
- SECOND ZEPHYR.
- FIRST ZEPHYR.
- SECOND ZEPHYR.
- FIRST ZEPHYR.
- ROBERT CATHCART.
- WILLIAM BARTON, ESQUIRE.
- CHARACTER OF DR. RITTENHOUSE:
- ANDREW ELLICOTT.
- BENJAMIN SMITH BARTON.
- JULIANA PENN.
- G^O. WASHINGTON.
- FINIS.
- Transcriber’s Note