Later in the same volume (p. 129) we read “I have myself seen the first telescope [Newton's reflecting telescope] … preserved in a city of England … with this are treasured up those prisms ...
Solvej Balle’s “On the Calculation of Volume” rethinks the familiar story of the endlessly repeating day. By Hilary Leichter Hilary Leichter is the author of the novels “Temporary” and ...