Rittenhouse, David 1732-1796

Overview

Works:	415 works in 1,592 publications in 2 languages and 20,394 library holdings
Genres:	Biography History Portraits Personal correspondence Almanacs Juvenile works Vital statistics Trials, litigation, etc Biographies Prospectuses
Roles:	Author, Translator
Classifications:	QB36.R4, 925.2

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Most widely held works about David Rittenhouse

David Rittenhouse by Brooke Hindle( Book )
David Rittenhouse, astronomer-patriot, 1723-1796 by Edward Ford( )
Memoirs of the life of David Rittenhouse, LLD. F.R.S., late president of the American Philosophical Society, &c. interspersed with various notices of many distinguished men : with an appendix, containing sundry philosophical and other papers, most of which have not hitherto been published by William Barton( )
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. : Agreeably to appointment, by Benjamin Rush( Book )
A report of the whole trial of Gen. Michael Bright and others : before Washington & Peters, in the Circuit Court of the United States, in and for the district of Pennsylvania, in the third circuit : on an indictment for obstructing, resisting and opposing the execution of the writ of arrest issued out of the District Court of Pennsylvania in the case of Gideon Olmstead and others against the surviving executrices of David Rittenhouse, deceased by Michael Bright( )

The Rittenhouse orrery; Princeton's eighteenth-century planetarium, 1767-1954. A commentary on an exhibition held in the Princeton University Library by Howard C Rice( Book )
The most important clock in America : the David Rittenhouse astronomical musical clock at Drexel University by Ronald R Hoppes( Book )
Memoirs of the life of David Rittenhouse, LL. D.F.R.S. : late president of the American Philosophical Society, &c., interspersed with various notices of many distinguished men by William Barton( Book )
Lives of eminent literary and scientific men of America by James Wynne( )
To the memory of the late Dr. Rittenhouse, this poetical effusion of his sincere admirer is inscribed, by the author : [Three lines from Jefferson]( )
American biography by Jared Sparks( Book )
The whole proceedings in the case of Olmsted and others versus Rittenhouse's executrices : as contained in documents on record in the courts of the United States and Pennsylvania : together with the Act of the Legislature of the State of Pennsylvania and other matters ... by Gideon Olmsted( )
The scientific writings of David Rittenhouse by David Rittenhouse( Book )
The library of American biography by Jared Sparks( Book )
Lives of Sir William Phips, Israel Putnam, Lucretia Maria Davidson, and David Rittenhouse by James Renwick( Book )
The library of American biography. by Jared Sparks( )
Memoirs of the life of David Rittenhouse, LLD., F.R.S. ... : interspersed with various notices of many distinguished men : with an appendix, containing sundry philosophical and other papers, most of which have not hitherto been published by William Barton( Book )
The family record of David Rittenhouse; including his sisters Esther, Anne and Eleanor. Also, Benjamin Rittenhouse and Margaret Rittenhouse Morgan by Daniel Kolb Cassel( Book )
To the memory of the late Dr. Rittenhouse, this poetical effusion of his sincere admirer is inscribed, by the author [Three lines from Jefferson]( )
Mathematics in nineteenth-century America : the Bowditch generation by Todd Timmons( Book )

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Most widely held works by David Rittenhouse

A short account of the malignant fever, lately prevalent in Philadelphia by Mathew Carey( )

58 editions published between 1793 and 1976 in English and held by 890 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Eine kurze Nachricht von dem bösartigen Fieber welches kürzlich in Philadelphia grassiret : nebst einer Erzählung der Maasregeln [sic] die desfals in den verschiedenen Theilen der Vereinigten Staaten genommen wurden. : Diesen ist hinzugefüget, Nachrichten von der Pest in London und Marseille und eine Liste der Todten, vom ersten August bis in die Mitte des Decembers 1793. by Mathew Carey( )

23 editions published in 1794 in German and English and held by 341 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A short account of the malignant fever, lately prevalent in Philadelphia : with a statement of the proceedings that took place on the subject in different parts of the United States ; to which are added, accounts of the plague in London and Marseilles ; and a list of the dead, from August 1, to the middle of December, 1793 by Mathew Carey( )

13 editions published in 1794 in English and held by 309 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

1999. Gift of Forde A. McIver, M.D. (copy 2)

Lucy Sampson, or, The unhappy heiress : a tragedy in five acts by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing( )

18 editions published between 1739 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 300 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An oration, delivered February 24, 1775 : before the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge. by David Rittenhouse( )

18 editions published between 1775 and 1949 in English and held by 289 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Fifteen discourses on the marvellous works in nature : delivered by a father to his children ... by Charles Christopher Reiche( )

18 editions published between 1791 and 2005 in English and held by 284 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

History of the pestilence commonly called yellow fever, which almost desolated Philadelphia, in the months of August, September & October, 1798 by Thomas Condie( )

11 editions published between 1798 and 1799 in English and held by 282 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A brief view of the accounts of the Treasury of Pennsylvania : from the time of the commencement of the Revolution to the first of October, 1781: extracted from the books of the comptroller-general ... : Also, the accounts of the state treasurer, continued from the said first of October, 1781, to the first of October, 1782 : likewise, the accounts of the several counties for their taxes to October 1782 ... : Together with the state of the outstanding debts, due by the counties for their deficiencies in payment of taxes by Pennsylvania( )

17 editions published between 1784 and 1785 in English and held by 266 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A new system of modern geography: or, A geographical, historical, and commercial grammar ; and present state of the several nations of the world : ... To which are added, I.A geographical index, with the names and places alphabetically arranged. II. A table of the coins of all nations, and their value in dollars and cents. III. A chronological table of remarkable events, from the creation to the present time. IV. The late discoveries of Herschell [sic], and other astronomers. by William Guthrie( )

11 editions published between 1794 and 1795 in English and held by 256 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Father Abraham's almanack, for the year of our Lord 1778 : ... Fitted to the latitude of forty degrees, and a meridian of near five hours west from London.( )

18 editions published between 1777 and 2005 in English and held by 241 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Father Abraham's almanack, for the year of our Lord 1780 : ... Fitted to the latitude of forty degrees, and a meridian of near five hours west from London.( )

14 editions published between 1779 and 2005 in English and held by 234 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Weatherwise's town and country almanack, for the year of our Lord, 1782 : ... Calculated for the meridian of Boston, New-England, lat. 42: 25 n. But will also serve the adjacent states without any sensible error.( )

14 editions published between 1781 and 2005 in English and held by 233 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Weatherwise's town and country almanack, for the year of our Lord 1781 : ... Calculated for the meridian of Boston, New-England, lat. 42: 25 n. But will also serve the adjacent states without any sensible error.( )

19 editions published in 1780 in English and held by 230 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Father Abraham's almanack, for the year of our Lord 1774 : ... Fitted to the latitude of forty degrees, and a meridian of near five hours west from London.( )

12 editions published in 1773 in English and held by 207 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Father Abraham's almanack, for the year of our Lord 1781 : ... Fitted to the latitude of forty degrees, and a meridian of near five hours west from London.( )

11 editions published in 1780 in English and held by 206 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Father Abraham's almanack, for the year of our Lord 1775 : ... Fitted to the latitude of forty degrees, and a meridian of near five hours west from London.( )

11 editions published in 1774 in English and held by 205 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Weatherwise's town and country almanack, for the year of our Lord, 1786 : ... Calculated for the meridian of Boston, and will serve, for the neighboring states.( )

10 editions published in 1785 in English and held by 204 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Philadelphia newest almanack, for the year of our Lord 1775. .( )

10 editions published in 1774 in English and held by 203 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Der Gantz neue verbesserte nord-americanische Calender auf das 1784ste Jahr Christi . : Berechnet vornemlich nach der pennsylvanischen Himmels-Gegend ; jedoch in den angrenzenden Landschaften ohne merklichen Unterscheid [sic] zu gebrauchen.( )

9 editions published in 1783 in German and held by 199 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Der Gantz neue verbesserte nord-americanische Calender, auf das 1789ste Jahr Christi . : Berechnet vornemlich nach der pennsylvanischen Himmels-Gegend ; jedoch in den angrenzenden Landschaften ohne merklichen Unterscheid [sic] zu gebrauchen.( )

9 editions published in 1788 in German and held by 198 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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