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Definition of David Rittenhouse
1. Noun. United States astronomer said to have built the first telescope made in America; also the first director of the United States Mint (1732-1796).
Lexicographical Neighbors of David Rittenhouse
Literary usage of David Rittenhouse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson. by Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Adgate Lipscomb, Albert Ellery Bergh (1905)
"TO David Rittenhouse. NEW YORK, June 12, 1790. DEAR SIR,—I know not what apology
to make for the trouble I am about to give you. ..."
2. The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americansby James Barton Longacre, American Academy of the Fine Arts, James Herring by James Barton Longacre, American Academy of the Fine Arts, James Herring (1835)
"David Rittenhouse, LL. D., FRS THE life of a philosopher affords less scope for
the pen of a biographer, than the career of a warrior or statesman. ..."
3. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson. by Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Adgate Lipscomb, Albert Ellery Bergh (1905)
"TO David Rittenhouse. MONTICELLO IN ALBEMARLE, VA., July 19, 1778. DEAR SIR,—I
sincerely congratulate you on the recovery of Philadelphia, and wish it may ..."
4. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson memorial association of the United States (1905)
"TO David Rittenhouse. NEW YORK, June 12, 1790. DEAR SIR,—I know not what apology
to make for the trouble I am about to give you. ..."
5. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Walter Malins Rose, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, LEXIS Law Publishing (1901)
"On the same day, David Rittenhouse exe- wrongfully acquired, the disclosure of
that cuted a bond of indemnity to George Ross, in fact would have presented a ..."
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