An 18th-century account of how Newton developed the theory of gravity has been posted to the Web, making the fragile paper manuscript widely available to the public for the first time.

It featured a detailed illustration of Sir Isaac Newton sitting under an apple tree, where legend says he was inspired to develop the theory of gravity. A banner reading "Apple Computer Co." was ...

Nabil Ali, the artist-in-residence at Cambridge University 's Botanic Garden, has made ink from a clone of Newton's apple tree, which fell during Storm Eunice last year.

The story of Newton's apple-tree revelation has become folklore in the past 250 years, complete with embellishments and twists of historical fact. Here is Stukeley's version of the event: ...

Apple started developing the Newton in 1987 and shipped the first devices in August 1993, spending $100 million on its development. Production officially came to an end on February 27, 1998.