Doctor Zirkel follows Newton's famous steps under the fabled apple tree. Coloured wood engraving.

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Doctor Zirkel follows Newton's famous steps under the fabled apple tree. Coloured wood engraving. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1 print : wood engraving, with watercolour

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Doctor Zirkel ... Lettering continues: [1st picture:] Aus des Studirzimmers Schwüle/ Tritt Herr Zirkel in die Morgenfühle. [2nd:] Herr Zirkel spaziert hinund her,/ Den Kopf von grossen Ideen schwer. [3rd:] Plötzlich sieht er voll verlangen/ Einen reifen Apfel hangen. [4th:] Herr Zirkel denkt: jetzt wäre/ Recht angenehm die Wirkung der Schwere! [5th:] Und siehe feine Minute entflieht,/ Als den Apfel vom Baume er fallen sieht. [6th:] Wie gross vom Baume der Abstand isst,/ Der Doctor mit dem Zirkel misst. [7th:] Nachdem befriedigt sein Durft nach Wissen,/ Will auch den Apfel er nicht missen. [8th:] Noch isst der Vorgang nicht ganz klar,/ Da plötzlich wird ihm offenbar. [9th:] Ein neues Gesetz der Natur im Raum: / "Der Apfel fällt nicht wit vom Baum!!!"

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Wellcome Collection 17859i

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[Scene 1:] The doctor leaves his house, carrying his measuring compass. [2] Strolls around. [3] Chances upon an apple in a tree. [4] Contemplates it. [5] It falls. [6] He measures the distance of the fallen apple from the tree. [7] Stoops to pick it up. [8] Meditates in his astronomical laboratory. [9] Stands up, apple in hand, having come to his momentous realisation

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