An eulogium, intended to perpetuate the memory of David Rittenhouse, late president of the American Philosophical Society, delivered before the Society in the First Presbyterian Church, in High-Street, Philadelphia, on the 17th Dec. 1796 ... / [Benjamin Rush].
- Benjamin Rush
- Date:
- [1796]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An eulogium, intended to perpetuate the memory of David Rittenhouse, late president of the American Philosophical Society, delivered before the Society in the First Presbyterian Church, in High-Street, Philadelphia, on the 17th Dec. 1796 ... / [Benjamin Rush]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Ci Aad “About the time he fettled in Philadelphia he ‘became a-member of our Society. His fir ‘communication to the Society was a calculation of the tranfit of Venus as it was to happen on the 3d of June, 1769, in 40° north latitude, and 5 hours weft longitude from Greenwich. He was one of'a committee. appointed: by: the So- ciety to obferve in the townthip of Norriton, this. rare occurrence in the revolution of that planet, and bore an active part in the preparations which were made for that purpofe. Of this Dr. Smith who was likewife of the committee, has left an honourable record in the hiftory of that event which is publifhed in the firft volume of the tranfaQtions of our Society.. “As Mr. Ritten- houfe’s dwelling (fays the Door) is about twen- ty miles north-weft from Philadelphia; our other engagements did not permit Mr. Lukens or my- {elf to pay much attention to the neceflary pre- -parations ; but we knew that we had intrufted them to a gentleman on the {pot [meaning Mr. Rittenhoufe ] who had, joined toa complete {kill in mechanics, fo extenfive an aftronomical, and mathematical knowledge, that the ufe, manage- ment and even conftruction of the apparatus, were perfectly familiar to him. The laudable pains he had taken in thefe material articles will](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2934105x_0015.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
