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The house in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, where Sir Isaac Newton was born; an old woman walks with a stick in the foreground. Engraving, ca. 1810.

The house in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, where Sir Isaac Newton was born; a man and a woman approach the house. Wood engraving, 1839.

The house in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, where Sir Isaac Newton was born. Etching, 18--.

The house in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, where Sir Isaac Newton was born. Engraving, 17--.

Top, the house where Isaac Newton was born, Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire; centre, a letter written by Isaac Newton from Trinity College Cambridge, 20 June 1682; bottom, interior of the observatory in Newton's house on St. Martin's Street, London. Etching by C.J. Smith, 1836.

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The house in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, where Sir Isaac Newton was born. Etching, 18--.

The house in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, where Sir Isaac Newton was born; an old woman walks with a stick in the foreground. Engraving, ca. 1810.

The house in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, where Sir Isaac Newton was born; a man and a woman approach the house. Wood engraving, 1839.

The house in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, where Sir Isaac Newton was born. Engraving, 17--.

Top, the house where Isaac Newton was born, Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire; centre, a letter written by Isaac Newton from Trinity College Cambridge, 20 June 1682; bottom, interior of the observatory in Newton's house on St. Martin's Street, London. Etching by C.J. Smith, 1836.