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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: with an appendix, containing sundry philosophical and other papers, most of which have not hitherto been published

William Barton · 1813 · Scanned text · Free in the US

180,149 words · about 12 h 37 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Author
William Barton
Language
English
Published
1813
Length
180,149 words · about 12 h 37 min
Sections
3 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public domain in the United States

 

Contents (3)
  1. Front matter about 12 min
  2. Introduction about 10 h 17 min
  3. Appendix about 2 h 8 min
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