Looking for people who know something about early computing, especially in the Netherlands. Please boost and help me solve the mystery of this custom made plate that used to belong to my grandfather Bram Jan Loopstra, one of the pioneers of Dutch computing. What do the pictures mean?
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@victorgijsbers If it is helped "Wonder en is gheen wonder" is the name of a dutch magazine for skeptics..
@victorgijsbers That is probably the case. Have you deciphered the rest? I've got a good idea what it all means but looks like you probably got the answer somewhere already.
@freemo Well, they took that title from Simon Stevin, a famous Dutch scientist from the Scientific Revolution, whose motto this was. I suspect the plate is quoting Stevin, not a magazine for sceptics. ;-)