'Why an apple falls', c1918. Artist: Unknown.

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'Why an apple falls', c1918. Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727) often told the story that he was inspired to formulate his theory of gravitation by watching the fall of an apple from a tree. From Story-Lives of Great Scientists, by F. J. Rowbotham. [Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd., London, c1918]

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