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Rittenhouse   /rˈɪtənhˌaʊs/   Listen
Rittenhouse

noun
1.
United States astronomer said to have built the first telescope made in America; also the first director of the United States Mint (1732-1796).  Synonym: David Rittenhouse.






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"Rittenhouse" Quotes from Famous Books



... down on the ponderous tomes of eternity—"Mr. So and So, merchant on Water street, or in Eighth street, or in State street; or Mrs. So and So, keeping house on Beacon street, or on Madison avenue, or Rittenhouse square, told one lie." You may consider it insignificant, because relating to an insignificant purchase. You would despise the man who would falsify in regard to some great matter, in which the city or the whole country was concerned; but this is only a box of buttons, or a row of pins, ...
— The Abominations of Modern Society • Rev. T. De Witt Talmage



Words linked to "Rittenhouse" :   stargazer, astronomer, David Rittenhouse, uranologist



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