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To: MadIvan
Sir Isaac Newton is one of the most brilliant men of all time. It figures he would approach the Bible with an abacus in hand.
53 posted on 02/21/2003 10:11:42 PM PST by xm177e2 (smile) :-)
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To: xm177e2
Sir Isaac Newton is one of the most brilliant men of all time. It figures he would approach the Bible with an abacus in hand.

Actually, he used a slide rule, which had been invented in the 1620s. I guess he might have used an abacus for addition.

96 posted on 02/22/2003 7:19:54 PM PST by PatrickHenry (Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas)
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