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David Rittenhouse   /dˈeɪvɪd rˈɪtənhˌaʊs/   Listen
David Rittenhouse

noun
1.
United States astronomer said to have built the first telescope made in America; also the first director of the United States Mint (1732-1796).  Synonym: Rittenhouse.





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"David rittenhouse" Quotes from Famous Books



... venerable Society, the oldest scientific Society in the Western hemisphere, was the renowned astronomer, David Rittenhouse, who said for himself ...
— Priestley in America - 1794-1804 • Edgar F. Smith


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