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593. ASTRONOMY, Apparatus for.—
This letter [is] to remind you of your kind
promise of making me an accurate clock;
which, being intended for astronomical purposes
only, I would have divested of all apparatus
for striking, or for any other purpose, which,
by increasing its complication, might disturb
its accuracy. A companion to it, for keeping
seconds, and which might be moved easily,
would greatly add to its value.—
To David Rittenhouse. Washington ed. i, 210.
Ford ed., ii, 162.
(M.
1778)
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