 Rittenhouse second to no astronomer living ; that in genius he must be the first, because he is self-taught. As an artist he has exhibited as great a proof of mechanical genius as the world has ever produced. He has not indeed made a world ; but he has...  The Popular Science Monthly - Sayfa 8391890Tam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
 | 1898 - 456 sayfa
...astronomer living, that in genius he must be the first, because he is self-taught. As an artist he has exhibited as great a proof of mechanical genius as...man who has lived from the creation to this day."* In 1774 the first Continental Congress met at Philadelphia. The orrery at the college on Fourth street... | |
 | 1898 - 598 sayfa
...David Rittenhouse in 1769. Of him Thomas Jefferson said, " He has not, indeed, made a world, but he has approached nearer its maker than any man who has lived from the creation to this day." 22. The first Continental treasurer was Michael Hillegas. 23. The president of the First National Congress... | |
 | Anne Hollingsworth Wharton - 1900 - 390 sayfa
...National Flags," by George Henry Preble, pp. 690-693.) Judge William Barton By Charles Willsun Peale imitation approached nearer its Maker than any man who has lived, from the creation to this day." This was in allusion to the celebrated planetarium of Rittenhouse, usually called the " Orrery," of... | |
 | United States National Museum - 1901 - 756 sayfa
...Rittenhouse second to no astronomer living; that in genius he must be the first, because he is self-taught. He has not indeed made a world; but he has by imitation...any man who has lived from the creation to this day. There are various ways of keeping the truth out of sight. Mr. Rittenhouse's model of the planetary... | |
 | 1888 - 1078 sayfa
...proof of mechanical genius as the world has over produced. He has not indeed made a world : but ho has by imitation approached nearer its Maker than any man who has lived from the creation to this day."t Such was Jefferson's estimate of Eittonhouse. James Eenwick says that" he [Rittenhouse] Had... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1904 - 574 sayfa
...astronomer living; that in genius he must be the first, because he is self taught. As an artist he has exhibited as great a proof of mechanical genius as...than any man who has lived from the creation to this day.1 As in philosophy and war, [121] so in government, in oratory, in painting, in the plastic art,... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1905 - 360 sayfa
...astronomer living; that in genius he must be the first, because he is self taught. As an artist he has exhibited as great a proof of mechanical genius as...any man who has lived from the creation to this day. As in philosophy and war, so in government, in oratory, in painting, in the plastic art, we might show... | |
 | Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker - 1910 - 514 sayfa
...Rittenhouse in 1769. Of him Thomas Jefferson said : " He has not, indeed, made a world, but he has approached nearer its maker than any man who has lived from the creation to this day." 22. The first Continental treasurer was Michael Hillegas. 23. The president of the first national congress... | |
 | John Thomson Faris - 1918 - 480 sayfa
...in ingenuity of contrivance, accuracy and utility anything of the kind ever before constructed. ... He has not indeed made a world, but he has by imitation approached more its Maker than any man who has lived from the creation to this day." The father of the maker of... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1970 - 420 sayfa
...astronomer living; that in genius he must be the first, because he is self-taught. As an artist he has exhibited as great a proof of mechanical genius as...ever produced. He has not indeed made a world; but [with his model of the planetary system] he has by imitation approached nearer its Maker than any man... | |
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