Mathematical Bridge
Wooden footbridge across the river, its graceful arch built entirely from straight timbers.
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This guide to the Mathematical Bridge at Queens' College in Cambridge starts with a single iron bolt head on the inner face of the span, and the famous story that says it should not be there. It weighs a legend against the record, with Isaac Newton, a foreman from Westminster Bridge, the builder James Essex and an American visitor of eighteen fifty-seven all called as witnesses. Best heard from Silver Street, where you can see the timbers side on.
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