The Order Eight Franklin Square
"One of history's best known magic squares is the order-eight square published in 1769 by American scientist Benjamin Franklin, and became famous for its inclusion of never-before-seen 'bent diagonal summations.' Franklin's odsession with this mystical art form most likely stemmed from his personal associations with prominent alchemists and mystics of his day, as well as his own belief in astrology, which were the underpinnings for the predictions made in his Poor Richard's Almanack.
As found in Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol
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