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A portrait of David Rittenhouse with his telescope painted by Charles Wilson Peale in 1796. (National Portrait Gallery)
A planet, an observatory and the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence

A lost Philadelphia observatory once used to track the transit of Venus may be the place where the Declaration of Independence was read publicly for the first time.

A planet, an observatory and the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence
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Go on an adventure into unexpected corners of the health and science world each week with award-winning host Maiken Scott. The Pulse will take you behind the doors of operating rooms, into the lab with some of the world’s foremost scientists, and back in time to explore life-changing innovations. The Pulse delivers stories in ways that matter to you, and answers questions you never knew you had.

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