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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:

MEMOIRSOF THE LIFEOFDAVID RITTENHOUSE, LLD. F.R.S.

MEMOIRS
OF THE LIFE
OF
DAVID RITTENHOUSE, LLD. F.R.S.