Millennium Sampler #7

This is the 7th section of the Millennium Sampler that I finished stitching on 1st January 2000. It depicts Sir Isaac Newton discovering gravity and the building of St Paul's Cathedral by Sir Christopher Wren.

Isaac Newton was supposedly sitting under an apple tree when he observed an apple fall to the ground. It started him thinking about how the apple, which had no acceleration while it was attached to the tree, could suddenly gain acceleration and fall to the ground. And so he developed The Universal Law of Gravitation.

Sir Christopher Wren's masterpiece, St Paul's Cathedral, took 35 years to complete. It is well loved by Londoners and visitors alike. During the Blitz of the Second World War incendiary bombs destroyed much of London but fire wardens and volunteers stood defiant and refused to let St Paul's be destroyed. They worked tirelessly to put out every little fire that started on the dome and managed to prevent it from going the way of many of London's other buildings. You can read more HERE.