Memoirs of the life of David Rittenhouse, LLD. F.R.S., late president of the American Philosophical Society, &c. : $b 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

"Memoirs of the Life of David Rittenhouse, LLD. F.R.S." by William Barton, recounts the story of an important American thinker. The writing illuminates the life and achievements of David Rittenhouse, a well-known philosopher, astronomer, and leader of the American Philosophical Society. It tells of the influential people and organizations that were part of Rittenhouse’s world. Barton sets the stage to show how Rittenhouse's life connects to advancements in writing, science, and art, promising tales of important people and places around him. By explaining the importance of his relationships and contributions to society, the memoir presents Rittenhouse’s life as inseparable from the thinking and learning of his time, offering readers both a close look at his story and a larger view of how science and philosophy grew in early America.