David Rittenhouse
American
American scientist. - AsNotedIn
American scientist. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1732/04/08 | Born | Born | RittenhouseTown Historic District | Philadelphia, PA | David Rittenhouse's Birthday | ||
| 1769/06/03 | David Rittenhouse views the 1769 Transit of Venus. Although he fainted at the beginning of the observation, he was able to quickly recover and record his findings. | Astronomer | Rittenhouse Farmhouse | Norristown, PA | Transits of Venus | ||
| 1770/03/12 | I am to begin another (Orrery) immediately, and finish it expeditiously, for the College of Philadelphia. This I am not sorry for since the making of a second will be but an amusement, compared with the first. - Rittenhouse | Inventor | U of Penn's Rittenhouse Orrery | Rittenhouse Farmhouse | Norristown, PA | ||
| 1770/04/23 | Dr Witherspoon, the President of the College of New Jersey, payes David Rittenhouse 300 pounds for the newly completed Orrery. | Inventor | Princeton's Rittenhouse Orrery | Rittenhouse Farmhouse | Norristown, PA | ||
| 1780/02/08 | David Rittenhouse is elected Vice-Provost and Professor at a salary Of 400 pounds to teach geography, practical astronomy, and to divide natural and experimental philosophy with Dr Ewing. He also received a fee of 22s 6d from every graduate. | Work | |||||
| 1784/00/00 | David Rittenhouse, surveyor Andrew Ellicott and their crew complete the Mason-Dixon line survey at the southwest corner of Pennsylvania, 5 degrees of longitude from the Delaware River. | Surveyor | Surveying the Mason-Dixon Line | ||||
| 1796/06/26 | Died | Died | Death of David Rittenhouse |