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..."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...

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...designing and constructing the orrery, or model of the solar system, Jefferson concluded, Rittenhouse "has not indeed made a world; but he has by imitation approached...than any man who has lived from the creation to this day."51 This is high praise indeed. Rittenhouse's orrery, the object of Jefferson's praise, was certainly...

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...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 by imitation approached...any man who has lived from the creation to this day. 6 Jefferson's American Pantheon had different admission standards from ours. For him, Franklin won...

...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 by imitation approached...than any man who has lived from the creation to this day.'9 In this passage, it is the mechanical artist, David Rittenhouse, who is Jefferson's central...

...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 by imitation approached...than any man who has lived from the creation to this day.9 As in philosophy and war, so in government, in oratory, in painting, in the plastic art, we might...