Other Activities
This section contains additional references from earlier versions of this page that need reviewing: Towneley had a close friendship with the Belgian mathematician, François Walther de Sluze, He also designed and built a carriage that passed smoothly over rough roads.
A collection of his remaining scientific papers are now in the Bodleian Library
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“When mundane, lowly activities are at stake, too much insight is detrimental—far-sightedness errs in immediate concerns.”
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