Show Newtons Newton's Observatory There Is an Interesting mystery as as- as satiated with 35 St. St Martins Martin's street once the home of ot Sir Isaac Newton which Is Is now In tho the property market On the roof root there used to be a curious curious cu cu- cu- cu rious none structure made almost entirely of glass and for tor many years ears this was confidently bel believed eved to have bave been Sir Isaac Newtons Newton's observatory Fanny Burney whose father the noted musician musician mu mu- Dr Charles Burney was at one onetime onetime onetime time an occupier of the house occasionally occasionally occa occa- used the erection as a study and In her memoirs of ot her father tather she refers to It as as Newtons Newton's observatory In n 1855 doubt was cast cast- upon the story by John fohn In his Curiosities of ot London He asserts that the tho observatory observatory observatory was built by a subsequent tenant tenant tenant ten ten- ant ant- anta a Frenchman It has been further furth furth- er declared that the Frenchman not only built the room but also equipped It t with various Instruments and then claiming that It was the observatory of ot Newton charged a fee for lon slon to view W Westminster view Westminster Gazette |