Re: Newton

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Posted by John Collins (194.164.232.108) on September 01, 2003 at 10:56:53:

In Reply to: Newton posted by Pete on September 01, 2003 at 07:12:16:

: Nick,
: Didn't Newton use his "friends" to discredit Bessler?

: Pete

Can I jump in here Pete? I don't think Newton sought to discredit Bessler himself, I think that comments made by him in response to the letters from 'sGravesend and Fischer von Erlach, were seized upon by Desaguliers (Newton's curator of experiments)who had his own agenda, and made use of them for his own ends, namely the promotion of Captain Savery's steam engine, which he had been working on. Desaguliers used the same tactics to dumb down Newcomen's engine too.

John Collins

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