Mathematical Bridge

Built in 1749 but has been re-built on two occasions, in 1866 and 1905. The popular fable is that the bridge was designed by Sir Isaac Newton without the use of nuts or bolts. Stories say that University students attempted to take the bridge apart and put it back together but had to resort to adding nuts and bolts so that the structure would hold.

VISITING CAMBRIDGE - OUR FINAL "MUST SEE" CITY

July 9th 2009
We're back again with some more travel photos! Cambridge is a city in England that we've wanted to visit since we first arrived in August 2007. We figured that since the number of weekends remaining before we come home are limited, we had better get there soon! So, last weekend we hired a car and went on another road trip! Luckily the weather was on our side and it was a beautiful day. Strange ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more

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