Daniel Byrnes
American
Daniel Byrnes, a native of Kent County, was a devout Quaker and a spiritual leader in the Society of Friends when he moved to Philadelphia in 1784. While still in Delaware it is said that he held Quaker meetings in his home at White Clay Creek. Byrnes also invented a wooden instrument (later produced in brass) for the purpose of taking lunar observations to measure the angular distance between the sun and moon including the attitudes of both at the same time. - NRHP, 2 June 1972
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