David Rittenhouse

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Observations on a Comet Lately Discovered; Communicated by David Rittenhouse, Esq

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1786, in volume 2, pages 195

Created: 2026-05-30, modified: 2026-05-30

A Letter to David Rittenhouse, Esq. from John Page, Esq. From David Rittenhouse, Esq. to John Page, Esq. Concerning a Remarkable Meteor Seen in Virginia and Pennsylvania

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1786, in volume 2, pages 173-176

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doi:10.2307/1005176

On the Expansion of Wood by Heat, in a Letter from David Rittenhouse L. L. D. President of the Society

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 29-31

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doi:10.2307/1005079

An Optical Problem, Proposed by Mr. Hopkinson, and Solved by Mr. Rittenhouse

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1786, in volume 2, pages 201-206

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doi:10.2307/1005186

On the Improvement of Time-Keepers

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 26-28

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doi:10.2307/1005078

An Account of Some Experiments on Magnetism, in a Letter to John Page, Esq. at Williamsburg, from Mr. Rittenhouse

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1786, in volume 2, pages 178-181

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doi:10.2307/1005178

An Account of the Effects of a Stroke of Lightning on a House Furnished with Two Conducters, in a Letter from Messrs. David Rittenhouse and Francis Hopkinson; To Mr. R. Patterson

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1793, in volume 3, pages 122-125

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doi:10.2307/1004859

A Letter from Dr. Rittenhouse, to Mr. Patterson, Relative to a Method of Finding the Sum of the Several Powers of the Sines, &c

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1793, in volume 3, pages 155-156

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doi:10.2307/1004865

Method of Raising the Common Logarithm of Any Number Immediately

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 69-71

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doi:10.2307/1005082

A Description of an Orrery, Executed on a New Plan

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1769, in volume 1, pages 1-3

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doi:10.2307/1005000

Observations on the Comet of June and July, 1770; With the Elements of Its Motion, and the Trajectory of Its Path, in Two Letters, from David Rittenhouse a. m. to William Smith, D. D. Provost Coll. Philad

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1769, in volume 1, pages 37-45

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doi:10.2307/1005015

An Account of a Comet, in a Letter to Mr. R. Patterson

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1793, in volume 3, pages 261

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doi:10.2307/1004877

Astronomical Observations, Communicated by David Rittenhouse. Observations of a Lunar Eclipse, Nov. 2d, 1789, and of the Transit of Mercury over the Sun's Disk. Nov. 5th the Same Year, Made at the University of William and Mary, by the Revd. Dr. James Madison

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1793, in volume 3, pages 150-154

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doi:10.2307/1004864

Account of Several Houses in Philadelphia, Struck with Lightning, on June 7, 1789

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1793, in volume 3, pages 119-122

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doi:10.2307/1004858

Calculations of the Transit of Venus over the Sun as It Is to Happen June 3d 1769, in lat 40°. N. Long. 5h West from Greenwich. By D. Rittenhouse, A. M. Communicated June 21st 1768

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1769, in volume 1, pages 4

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doi:10.2307/1005001

An Easy Method of Deducing the Time of the Sun's Passing the Meridian per Clock, without the Help of the Equation Tables, by Equal Altitudes Taken on Two Succeeding Days. By David Rittenhouse, A. M. Communicated by William Smith, D. D. Provost Coll. Philad

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1769, in volume 1, pages 47-49

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doi:10.2307/1005017

New Method of Placing a Meridian Mark, in a Letter to the Rev. Dr. Ewing, Provost of the University

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1786, in volume 2, pages 181-183

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doi:10.2307/1005179

To Determine the True Place of a Planet, in an Elliptical Orbit, Directly from the Mean Anomaly, by Converging Series

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 21-26

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doi:10.2307/1005077

A New and Curious Theory of Light and Heat; In a Letter from Dr. B. Franklin to David Rittenhouse, Esq

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1793, in volume 3, pages 5-8

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doi:10.2307/1004846

Explanation of an Optical Deception

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1786, in volume 2, pages 37-42

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doi:10.2307/1005164

Extract of a Letter from Andrew Ellicott, to David Rittenhouse, Esq. Dated at Pittsburg, November 5th 1787, Containing Observations Made at Lake-Erie, on That Singular Phenomenon, by Seamen Termed Looming

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1793, in volume 3, pages 62-63

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doi:10.2307/1004852

An Easy and Accurate Method of Adjusting the Glasses of Hadley's Quadrant, on Land for the Back-Observation, by Robert Patterson, in a Letter to Dr. David Rittenhouse, President of the Society

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 154-161

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doi:10.2307/1005091

A Letter from J. Madison, Esq. to Dr. Rittenhouse, Esq. Containing Meteorological Observations

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1786, in volume 2, pages 141-158

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doi:10.2307/1005172

A Thermometrical Journal of the Temperature of the Atmosphere and Sea, on a Voyage to and from Oporto, with Explanatory Observations Thereon, to David Rittenhouse, L. L. D. President of the American Philosophical Society

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1793, in volume 3, pages 194-202

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doi:10.2307/1004868

Postscript to Mr. Barton's Letter, to Dr. Rittenhouse, of the 17th of March, 1791

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1793, in volume 3, pages 134-138

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doi:10.2307/1004861

Observations on the Probabilities of the Duration of Human Life, and the Progress of Population, in the United States of America; In a Letter from William Barton, Esq. to David Rittenhouse, L. L. D. President, A. P. S

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1793, in volume 3, pages 25-62

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doi:10.2307/1004851

An Improvement on Metalic Conductors or Lightening-Rods, in a Letter to Dr. David Rittenhouse, President of the Society, from Robert Patterson of Philadelphia. Honoured with the Magellanic Premium, by an Award, of the Society in December 1792

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1793, in volume 3, pages 321-324

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doi:10.2307/1004880

Apparent Time of the Contacts of the Limbs of the Sun and Venus; With Other Circumstances of Most Note, in the Different European Observations of the Transit, June 3d, 1769

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1769, in volume 1, pages 12-20

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doi:10.2307/1005012

An Account of the Transit of Venus over the Sun, June 3d, 1769, as Observed at Norriton, in Pennsylvania. By the Committee Appointed for That Observation. Drawn up, and Communicated, in Behalf of the Committee, by Rev. William Smith, D. D

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1769, in volume 1, pages 8-41

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doi:10.2307/1005003

An Account of the Transit of Mercury over the Sun, Nov 9th, as Observed at Norriton, in Pennsylvania; By the Committee Appointed for That Observation. Drawn up and Communicated, by Direction and in Behalf of the Committee, by William Smith, D. D. Provost Coll. Philad

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1769, in volume 1, pages 50-54

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doi:10.2307/1005018

A Letter from J. Madison, Esq. to D. Rittenhouse, Esq. Containing Experiments and Observations upon What Are Commonly Called the Sweet Springs

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1786, in volume 2, pages 197-199

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doi:10.2307/1005184

John David Bradley, 1920 - 2004

Published in Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, in 2004, in volume 116, issue 2, pages 91-92

Created: 2016-09-01, modified: 2016-09-01

California

Published in Madroño, in 2017, in volume 64, issue 4, pages 113

Created: 2024-06-16, modified: 2024-06-16

doi:10.3120/0024-9637-64.4.113

California

Published in Madroño, in 2018, in volume 65, issue 1, pages 7-9

Created: 2024-06-16, modified: 2024-06-16

doi:10.3120/0024-9637-65.1.7

Byron David Halsted

Published in Botanical Gazette, in 1919, in volume 67, issue 2, pages 169-170

Created: 2017-03-14, modified: 2017-03-14

doi:10.1086/332420

A new endemic species of Chicoreus from Savai’l, Samoa

Published in The Festivus, in 2022, in volume 54, issue 1, pages 21-28

Created: 2024-10-06, modified: 2024-10-06

doi:10.54173/f54121

A New Cowrie from the Estuaries of Northwestern Australia

Published in The Festivus, in 2019, in volume 51, issue 2, pages 81-87

Created: 2024-10-06, modified: 2024-10-06

doi:10.54173/f512081

Small spheres in fossil bones: blood corpuscles or diagenetic products?

Published in Palaeontology, in 1997, in volume 40, issue 3, pages 619-624

Created: 2016-04-23, modified: 2016-04-23

Luvunga monophylla (DC.) Mabb. (Rutaceae): a new species for Queensland

Published in Austrobaileya, in 2011, in volume 8, issue 3, pages 431-434

Created: 2020-06-21, modified: 2025-12-17

doi:10.5962/p.299818

Obituary: Alice Faber Tryon (1920–2009)

Published in American Fern Journal, in 2009, in volume 99, pages 231-235

Created: 2017-04-23, modified: 2017-04-23

doi:10.1640/0002-8444-99.4.231

THRIVING UNDER DIFFICULTIES

Published in Torreya, in 1901, in volume 1, issue 3, pages 30-32

Created: 2022-12-14, modified: 2022-12-14

Oregon

Published in Madroño, in 2017, in volume 64, issue 1, pages 5

Created: 2024-06-16, modified: 2024-06-16

doi:10.3120/0024-9637-64.1.5

Washington

Published in Madroño, in 2017, in volume 64, issue 1, pages 6-8

Created: 2024-06-16, modified: 2024-06-16

doi:10.3120/0024-9637-64.1.6

Obituary: Obed David Evans

Published in Telopea, in 1976, in volume 1, issue 2, pages 87-90

Created: 2019-03-10, modified: 2019-03-10

doi:10.7751/telopea19763201

California

Published in Madroño, in 2013, in volume 60, pages 260

Created: 2019-04-08, modified: 2019-04-08

doi:10.3120/0024-9637-60.3.260

David J. Keil

Published in Madroño, in 2014, in volume 61, pages 421-422

Created: 2017-05-28, modified: 2017-05-28

doi:10.3120/0024-9637-61.4.421

David Clark Hilton

Published in The Wilson Bulletin, in 1951, in volume 63, issue 3, pages 218

Created: 2016-12-04, modified: 2023-02-16

DAVID PEARCE PENHALLOW

Published in Rhodora, in 1911, in volume 13, issue 145, pages 1-4

Created: 2016-07-19, modified: 2023-02-16

NOTEWORTHY COLLECTIONS

Published in Madroño, in 1990, in volume 37, issue 2, pages 112

Created: 2016-02-15, modified: 2023-02-16

Obituary: Rolla Milton Tryon, Jr. (1916–2001)

Published in American Fern Journal, in 2002, in volume 92, pages 1-9

Created: 2017-04-23, modified: 2017-04-23

doi:10.1640/0002-8444(2002)092[0001:ormtj]2.0.co;2