On Nov 20, 2012, at 1:43 PM, Hank Simon <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Laura Rozenberg asked: Diagrams for Isaac Newton's Paper Lantern? > > http://www.neh.gov/humanities/2011/januaryfebruary/feature/newton-the-last-magician > "...he disappeared into books like Mysteries of Nature and Art— ... he also > built a lantern described therein, tied it to a kite, and flew it at night > near his home, a spectacle “which wonderfully affrighted all the neighboring > inhabitants,”.... > > I Googled and found copies of the books "Mysteries of Nature and Art" but > there was no search function for the book, and I couldn't locate the paper > lantern, which may be different from the ones tied to the kite. I found the book scanned here and was able to search the pdf. Lantern is mentioned in the book on pages 28 and 57 as originally numbered. The scan linked to below has these pages as 44 and 73 respectively within the pdf. http://www.ebooksread.com/dl2.shtml?id=30303&ext=pdf_external&f=mysteryesofnatur00bate&a_id=11364 Have fun, Brian K. Webb
