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MR. TURNOR'S ACCOUNT OF NEWTON'S DIAL. 



accounts as clumsy performances, it may be concluded that they were not the work 

 of a professed mechanic, but were probably formed and applied by Newton himself 

 when he constructed the dials. 



I trust your Lordship will allow me to express the high satisfaction I feel in seeing 

 this very interesting relic in the possession of that Society of which Newton was 

 so distinguished an ornament, and over which he presided more than twenty years. 



I must beg your Lordship's permission to add, that for the gratification which I ex- 

 perience on this occasion, I am greatly indebted to my nephew, Christopher Turnor, 

 Esq., of Stoke, Rochford, to whom the manor-house and landed property of Newton 

 now belong, and who not only permitted, but kindly encouraged me to offer this 

 valuable relic to that Society, which he, as well as myself, consider as its fittest and 

 most appropriate depository. 



I have the honour to be, my Lord, 



Your Lordship's obedient humble Servant, 



Spa Buildings, Cheltenham, Charles Turnor. 



May 24, 1844. 



MANOR-HOUSE, WOOLSTHORPE; 



THE BIRTH-PLACE OP 



SIR ISAAC NEWTON, P.R.S., 



SHOWING THE SOLAR DIALS WHICH HE MADE WHEN A BOY. 



