David Rittenhouse
Astronomer-Patriot, 1732-1796
1st Edition
Published on 31. January 2017
240 pages
978-1-5128-1599-3 (ISBN)
Description
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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Reprint 2016
Language
English
Place of publication
Pennsylvania
United States
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-1-5128-1599-3 (9781512815993)
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Content
- Intro
- Foreword
- Contents
- I. Paper Mill
- II. Farm Chores and Newton
- III. Clockmaker
- IV. Provincial Surveyor
- V. Solar System in Brass
- VI. Astronomer
- VII. Philadelphia
- VIII. Disillusion
- IX. War Clouds
- ?. Liberals and Liberty
- XI. Treasurer in Exile
- XII. Prize Money
- XIII. Fiscal Fiasco
- XIV. Optics and Magnetism
- XV. Wilderness Breaker
- XVI. Dr. Franklin's Friends
- XVII. Doctrine and Faith
- XVIII. Steam on the Delaware
- XIX. Mathematician to Jefferson
- XX. Philosopher
- XXI. Mint Builder
- XXII. Democrats and Whiskey
- XXIII. Return to Science
- XXIV. Calm
- Bibliographical Note
- Index
