Non-Newtonian-Fable Apples in Astronomy (1854)

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After all of this time handling/reading/browsing books in the history of science, I believe that I've never seen an illustration an astronomy text utilizing an apple to demonstrate the sphere/globe--and here it is:

I thought to include these footnote questions from the page preceding the woodcut because they were so good, and intended for a youthful audience:

Source:  Emma Willard, Astronography, or, Astronomical geography, with the use of globes : arranged either for simultaneous reading and study in classes, or for study in the common method, 1854.  http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hnygp9;view=1up;seq=27