David Rittenhouse3 June 1769
Rittenhouse leads observations of the transit of Venus in Pennsylvania for measurements of the Earth-Sun distance.
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Rittenhouse leads observations of the transit of Venus in Pennsylvania for measurements of the Earth-Sun distance.
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