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Merry Newtonmas
Born on December 25, 1642 (old style), Sir Isaac Newton was warden and master of the British Royal Mint for the last 30 years of his life. His work even touches on U.S. colonial numismatics. Newton had himself sworn as a justice of the peace so that he could pursue counterfeiters. If you check the Usenet archives you will find Newtomas greetings here going back a few years, to 2000. Google Newtonmas and you will see that it is getting quite a bit of play, especially among "skeptics." I first used the word in a community commentary radio broadcast about 1984. http://www.experiencefestival.com/newtonmas "Conder" tokens from Middlesex honor him. (Image he http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:N...ondertoken.jpg) Newton graced the one pound note. You can find an image he http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jbourj/money.htm (It is a diversion to figure out how many einsteins are in a newton are in a bohr.) |
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