New Letters? Franklin Still Electrifies, By Joel Achenbach Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, April 24, 2009

A professor with his nose deep in a library archive in London has stumbled upon 47 previously unknown letters from, to and about Benjamin Franklin. …

… he requested of the library staff a certain Volume 4478b …

Professor Finds Unknown Letters by, and to, Benjamin Franklin – washingtonpost.com

[hattip to FredRFred]

I’ve started collecting occurences of 47 in screenshots:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2010981&id=1108374610&l=39d6859a26.

This just in from correspondent James:

Today is Obama’s 47th birthday.

peace, mjh

That is close to the output of Eta Carinae, the current record holder, which shines with the light of about 4.7 million Suns.

Who’s the brightest star of all? – space – 15 July 2008 – New Scientist Space

With the release of New Mexico’s quarter on 4/7, I’ve decided to start documenting *some* of the instances of 47 I encounter now and then (not all merit anyone’s notice). Note the new ’47’ category. mjh

A few examples from recent news… Continue reading Forty-seven (47) →