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Primus demonstravit ; 

 Radiorum lucis dissimilitudines, 

 Colorumque inde nascentium proprietates,* 

 Quas nemo antea vel suspicatus erat, pervestigavit, 

 Naturas, Antiquitatis, S. Scripturae, t 

 Sedulus, Sagax, fidus interpres, 

 Dei O.M. Majestatem Philosophia asseruit, 

 Evangelii Simplicitatem moribus expressit. 

 Sibi gratulentur Mortales 

 Tale tantumque extitisse 

 HUMANI GENERIS DECUS. 

 Nat. XXV. Dec. a.d. MDCXLII. Obiit XX. Mar. MDCCXXVI. 



Around the Monument itself is an iron railing, jarn- 

 galler.J On one side of the monument there are these 

 words : " Gul. Kent Pict. et Archit. invenit." ; on the 

 opposite side " Mich. Rysbrack, sculpsit." 



On the grave-stone in the pavement there are these 

 words : 



" HlC DEPOSITUM EST 

 QUOD MORTALE FUIT 



ISAACI NEWTONI." 



[T. I. p. 416.] The 22nd May, 1748. 



In the afternoon I went with some Englishmen and 

 the present Professor of (Economy at Lund in Sweden, 

 Herr Mag. Burmester, out to Hampstead, a little " stad," 

 or town, some few miles north of London, in a very 

 delightful place, to which on Sundays, and " vid vackert 

 vader" (in fine weather), a great many people ride or 

 drive and walk in the summer to enjoy themselves. 



Af hvad jordmon hogderna omkring London 

 besta. Of what soil the hills round London consist. 



The hills, Hogderne eller jord-backarne, which 



* Newton discovered the polarization of light, t Kalm omits the " S " 

 before "Scripturae." J There are no iron-railings now. [J. L.] 



