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  • Sad to say, as a Queen's College Student, this legend is incorrect. The bridge was built about 20 years after Newton's death, with bolts and nuts etc. It was rebuilt later, and the nuts/bolts were made more prominent, which may be where the legend comes from, but they were always there

  • this bridge is not based on gravity and force. It was built based on trigonometrical measurements and Circle Geometry (most likely angles and tangents of a circle)

  • why the fuck do you have a cowboy hat

  • nothing to do with "gravity and force" it's to do with the tangent within a circle theorom i believe! good video

  • Indeed.

    It is well documented that the bridge was built in 1749 (22 years after Newton's death) by James Essex and was designed by William Etheridge.

    The Queens' College web site has a complete history of the bridge including its rebuilding in 1866 and 1905.

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