The Washington DC Computer

By Christopher Drew

I wrote this book intentionally so as to be small (less than 30,000 words) and as to only take the reader 1-3 days to complete. Yet I have no doubt that anyone who reads it will be convinced of the contentions put forth therein, namely, that the features of the main monuments in Washington are encoded with a grand message, foretelling the coming of the computer, the digital age, and even the internet. The research in the book shows that origins of this plan date to even before the start of the Civil War, yet most of the monuments involved were built during the early part of the 20th century. Although short, this book took me about 8-9 years to complete, with most of the time spend researching, in depth, the details of over one hundred monuments. This book is a must read for anyone who is concerned about what the founders had to say and secretly thought about the future destiny of this country. I wrote it as a dedication to our nation's history, the importance of Washington DC, and to the spirit of the country, and, finally, God Bless America.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christopher Drew
• Release date: Oct 20, 2020

Christopher Drew

Christopher Drew is an investigative reporter and projects editor at the New York Times. He joined the Times in 1995 after working for nearly a decade in the Washington, D.C., bureau of the Chicago Tribune, where he wrote about national security issues and won two awards from the White House Correspondents' Association. Drew also has worked for the Wall Street Journal and the Times-Picayune in New Orleans, where he was born and raised and graduated from Tulane University. Annette Lawrence Drew, the book's researcher, has a Ph.D. in politics from Princeton University. She and Christopher Drew are married and live with their daughter, Celia, in Montclair, New Jersey.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Preface

Part I: The Washington DC Computer

Chapter I: Introduction

Chapter II: The Daguerre Monument

Chapter III: Novum Organum in the US Capital

(a.) The Magnetic Compass

(b.) The Printing Press

(c.) Gunpowder

(d.) Conclusion

Chapter IV: The Lost Quote in the US Capital

(a.) The Steam Engine

(b.) The Electric Telegraph

(c.) Photography

(d.) Conclusion

Chapter V: The Eye of the Dome

Part II: The World Knowledge Device

Chapter VI: The Garfield Funerary Cartouche

Chapter VII: The Floor Compasses of Washington DC

Chapter VIII: The Great Hall

Chapter IX: The John Ericsson National Memorial

Chapter X: The Zero Milestone

Chapter XI: Meridian Hill Park

Chapter XII: The National Archives / Outdoor Navy Plaza

Chapter XIII: Numbers and Geomancy

Part III: The Washington DC Navigator

Chapter XIV: The Dome Revisited

Chapter XV: The Dome Revisited (Part II)

Chapter XVI: Epilogue: The Washington Monument

Appendices

Appendix I: Comparing the Original with the Daguerre Quote

Appendix II: Evidence of Three Main Information Networks in History

Appendix III: List of the Images of the Six Inventions Found

in the Brumidi Frescos in the Capital Building, in Washington DC

Appendix VI: The symbol of the Open book in Washington DC

Appendix V: Evidence of the Hermetica in the Washington DC Monuments

Appendix VI: A Summary of the Quotations

Acknowledgements

All the photographs and images of the works of Constantino Brumidi in the nation’s Capital Building, unless otherwise specified, come directly from the Photo Album and the archives of the Architect of the Capital (www.aoc.gov). As government works, they have no copyright, and are a part of the Public Domain.

In addition, the photos of the interior of the main Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress come from the archives of the Library’s main site (www.loc.gov), unless otherwise specified. Many of them are from the photo album of the professional photographer Carol Highsmith, and these have been particularly helpful. All these photos, as well, have been released into the Public Domain.

Preface

I wrote this book intentionally as to only take the reader 3-5 days to complete (less than 30,000 words). Yet I have no doubt that anyone who reads it will be totally convinced of the claims put forth therein, namely that the major monument sites in Washington DC are all foretelling the coming of a world information device, in the form of the diagram of an ancient analog computer. Furthermore, they are also foretelling the important influence that information networks will have upon the future destiny of America, and that these, in turn, are all culminating in the current age we are in, that of Silicon Valley and the digital revolution.

This work, although small, has taken me about 6-8 years to complete, with most of the time spent researching, for thousands of hours on end, the background of the monuments in Washington DC.

All this research then led eventually to the discovery of a grand hidden message throughout our nation’s capital, forecasting the importance of information networks and that of the coming of a world information machine (what in Latin is called the Machina Mundi), which is, again, displayed in the monuments in the form of an ancient diagram of what, today, is a digital/analog computing device.

The narrative of this book is loosely based on a real-life trip that I took, alone, to Washington DC, to finally see these sites firsthand, and verify, with my own eyes, the truth concerning these monuments. When I finally took this trip, it was very emotional, as my mother, who had first inspired me to begin researching and writing this book, had also just passed on shortly after I had completed and self-published an early version. I am so glad she saw the book in print before she died. There is not a day that goes by when I do not think about her, and I believe that as long as people continue to get and read the message of this book, that, in some way, she continues to live on……

As such, please read this book from beginning to end (as it is less than 30,000 words), as it concerns the importance of the nation’s capital, as well as that of the founding of our country, its principles, and its future destiny. As the reader, you are also welcome to do your own research, visit the monuments themselves, and come to your own conclusions, and finally, God Bless America.

Yours,

Christopher Drew

Part I: The Washington DC Computer

Chapter I: Introduction

As I looked out the window and saw the train grinding to a halt at Union Station, the central terminal of Washington DC, I found myself thinking, over and over again, the same two questions, the answers to which would become the aim of all the research and investigation I was to do today in the nation’s Capital: Is the model diagram of an ancient analog computer encoded on the symbols of the monuments of Washington DC?

Furthermore, have the capital city’s architects and original builders long since known of the coming of the information age and the digital revolution?

As I sifted through the notes I had taken in my Moleskine notebook, and all the research I had done on my mobile phone, concerning all of this, I found that the answers to both questions was, conclusively: yes.

I now had only to visit the monument sites firsthand, to see, with my own eyes and, chronicle, from beginning to end, what was the truth concerning the cyphers, or secret writings I had discovered. These I had found while browsing through literally thousands of photos on the internet, researching almost all the landmarks in Washington DC.

I am now departing from Union Station, and heading directly to the first monument, my Moleskine notebook, a few used resource books, a mobile phone and a few packed sandwiches ready in my bookbag. I remind myself, now, to take note of a quote, attributed to the British Pirate, Privateer, and Sea Captain Francis Drake:

"Great Things have Small Beginnings."

As such, my journey begins by visiting a monument that is relatively small and obscure within the pantheon of sites in DC. Yet it is simple irony that I now believe an inscription found there holds the key to deciphering a grand plan and secret message running throughout many of its most major landmarks:

It is the monument, at the east entrance of the National Portrait Gallery, dedicated to the inventor of the first commercial Photographic Process, called the Daguerreotype, the French artist and photographer Louis Daguerre…..

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Chapter II: The Daguerre Monument

I am standing now in front of the Daguerre Monument, (see above [1]) which is located outside the east entrance of the National Portrait Gallery. It is only two blocks away from the National Archives, where the original copy of the Declaration of Independence is displayed and is within a mile’s walking distance of the US Capital, the White House, and the Washington Monument.

This relatively small monument was created, in 1890, by the American Sculptor Jonathan Scott Hartley. Its main features show a marble globe of the Earth, and directly underneath, in front, is a sculpted bust of Daguerre. A bronze statue of a female figure, symbolizing fame, is shown to be draping a laurel wreath around the sphere and the inventor’s portrait.

Despite its relative obscurity in DC, as I started researching it one feature began to stand out to me. It is an inscription, on the side of its pedestal, that reads:

"Photography, the Electric Telegraph, and the Steam Engine are the three great discoveries of the Age. No five centuries of human progress can show such strides as these. @@@@"

No known author, to this day, has ever been found for this quote, a fact that would become only more intriguing, given what I had been about to discover……

Further research has since led me to believe that it is specifically linked to, and closely resembles, a much earlier quote, found in the 1620 book, Novum Organum. It was written by a then former Chancellor of England (at the time, this was the highest position in government anyone could occupy under the crown), Francis Bacon, who also goes by the titles Francis Verulam, the Baron Verulamen and the Viscount of St. Albans.

Novum Organum (the name is Latin for New instrument of Science) is today widely regarded as a primer for the understanding and attainment of all forms of knowledge. It reportedly took him 30 years to write, and after it was finished, he personally presented it to the then