 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
 | 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... | |
 | Jay Fliegelman - 1977 - 712 sayfa
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 | Jay Fliegelman - 1982 - 344 sayfa
...imitation of the Deity. With reference to Rittenhouse's Orrery, Jefferson declared: "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."65 From Rittenhouse's achievement Paine inferred the metaphysical truth of which so many late... | |
 | Merle Eugene Curti - 970 sayfa
...Jefferson with pardonable pride and exaggeration wrote of him in his Notes on the State of Virginia: "He has not indeed made a world; but he has by imitation...than any man who has lived from the creation to this day."1 His improvements in the telescope constituted another practical service to astronomy for which... | |
 | Lewis Perry - 1989 - 479 sayfa
..."A Mechanic," was exorbitantly praised for his contributions to astronomy. According to Jefferson, "he has by imitation approached nearer its Maker than any man who has lived from creation to this day." Jefferson referred to Rittenhouse's famous orrery, an ingenious replica of the... | |
 | Carl Bridenbaugh - 1990 - 260 sayfa
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