Rittenhouse Farm
David Rittenhouse, born in 1732, lived here until 1770. Here he began his distinguished scientific career; and computed and observed the transit of Venus, 1769. Spent later years in Philadelphia, where he died in 1796.
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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov
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