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Tower of the Five Orders, 1613-24
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Lateral Wall Gyri Model - Functional
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II.1 Where, and what, was the university?
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Pellets and Industrial Monotowns (Kazakhstan)
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Common-sense interpretation: concentric spheres in uniform circular motion around the stationary earth
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II.1 Where, and what, is the university?
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Double pigeon whistle (3-D)
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Field postcard
Transcription: "Mrs Shepherd on Poultry."
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Vase made of artillery shell
Marshall Refracting Microscope, c. 1715
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Headless Virgin and Child statue
Robert Boyle
Drawing of mountains
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Appendix: 'On architectural structures suitable for astronomical observations', folio 40r
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Natural philosophy and medicine: the Schools Quadrangle
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Naqsh-e Rustam: Achaemenid Tombs and Sasanian Reliefs.
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Mariner’s astrolabe, Spain, bronze (c. 1600)
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Translation of Duchêne (Tajikistan)
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Rosso Fiorentino, Elephant Fresco (c. 1536)
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The mechanical clock: origin and purpose
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Accessing unchained books
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Abyssinian roll of parchment
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The 1527 Giuntina
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