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1. 1.

   Which characteristic of Newton made him eligible to work under a clockmaker?
2. 2.

   How did the sundial and the water-clock make life easier for Newton's grandmother?
3. 3.

   How did Newton gather information about the wind?
4. 4.

   What do you know about the character of the miller?
5. 5.

   Newton displayed a scientific temperament from childhood. Write the correct investigations against each phrase of his life from your reading of the text.

   Phase of life	Invention
   Early childhood
   Childhood
   Adolescence
   College years
   Research years

    

6. 6.

   Why does the author say Newton "seemed to have been born with a saw or chisel in his hand?"