This manuscript was written by William Stuckley, a friend of Newton and an archaeologist. He once wrote a biography to recall Newton's life. His manuscript is also considered as a detailed description of Newton.
This manuscript shows that Newton did see an apple fall to the ground in his mother's garden in Lincolnshire, England, but there is no evidence that he was hit on the head. Although other documents show that he talked about it to others in his later years, he never left a written record about it himself.
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It was not Newton himself who first mentioned this story, but the French philosopher Voltaire. Newton mentioned this story in an article the year he died. Voltaire and Newton have never met. Voltaire mentioned that the story was heard from Newton's niece, but Newton never mentioned that he was hit on the head by an apple in his manuscript.
Although the story of Apple may be just an adaptation, the apple tree in Newton's mother's garden has become a national treasure of Britain. In the former site of Newton Garden in Trinity College, Cambridge University, the apple tree transplanted from Newton's hometown has also become an important symbol of Trinity College.
People's Daily Online-The manuscript of a close friend shows that Newton was hit in the head by an apple, which is purely invented by later generations.