On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 06:40:51 -0500 (EST) Michael Pollak
<mpollak at panix.com> writes:
>
> > Today, as the world pauses on the birthday of one of history's
> greatest
> > men, whose teachings continue to benefit the entire human race,
> let us
> > join in toasting the memory of Sir Isaac Newton, and of all the
> giants
> > on whose shoulders he stood.
>
> Although of course if you measure it by the calendar we use today,
> Newton
> was actually born on January 4th.
The British didn't adopt (around 1752) the Gregorian calendar until after Newton was long dead.
Jim F.
>
> Michael
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