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For that my opinion doth differ from some of the ancient writers in natural Phylosophy, it is possible that it may be ytterly dislyked of and condemned to be of no trueth.

William Bourne

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This dead of midnight is the noon of thought, And Wisdom mounts her zenith with the stars. At this still hour the self-collected soul Turns inward, and beholds a stranger there Of high descent, and more than mortal rank; An embryo God; a spark of fire divine.
Anna Laetitia Barbauld

William Bourne

William Bourne

Born: 1535
Died: 1582 (aged 47)
Bio: William Bourne was an English mathematician, innkeeper and former Royal Navy gunner who presented the first design for a navigable submarine and wrote important navigational manuals. He is often called William Bourne of Gravesend.

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