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Galileo's most decisive telescopic observation: the phases of Venus, 1610-23
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Rudolf II by Hans von Aachen, 1606/8
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Robert Hooke
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BSH4: Silver tetradrachm of Athens, c. 450–425 BC.
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Copper engraving
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Thomas Browne, 'Pseudodoxia Epidemica' (1672)
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BSH1: Silver didrachm of Segesta (Sicily), c. 475–450 BC.
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Свидетельство репрессий (Кыргызстан)
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Kurt (Kurut)
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Bishops
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Giovanni Dondi's Astrarium, 1364
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The mechanical clock: origin and purpose
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Ptolemy World Map, 1482
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Multiple ivory balls
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William Gilpin, Observations on the River Wye and Several Parts of South Wales (London, 1789)
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Orbis sensualium pictus, 1658
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Botanical gardeners: in the university, but not of the university
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Letter from Robert Hanley Hall to Edward Burnett Tylor, 15 February 1902
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Queenie Vol. VIII, No. 3
From decoration to illustration
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II.4 'Privilegium scholasticum': the jurisdiction of the Chancellor's Court
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University of Helmstedt
Rolling Ball Clock, Augsburg, ca 1600
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Russian woman
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