The images above and transcript below are from the original letter at the Library of Congress. Dear Sir I enclose you a Problem not about Bridges but Trees, and to explain my meaning I begin with a fountain. The Idea seems far-fetched, but fountains and Trees are in my walk to Challiot — Suppose Fig. […]
The images above and the transcript below are from the original letter at the Library of Congress May, 1788 Your saying last evening that Sir Isaac Newtons principle of Gravitation would not explain, or could not apply as a rule to find the quantity of the attraction of cohesion, and my replying that I never
Images from the Library of Congress London, England, SIR: I mentioned to you that I had some conversation with the Marquis de Lafayette respecting the Bridge, and his opinion is that it would be best to make some direct proposition to which either yes or no should be given. My principal object is to get
