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Mechanical galleons, Augsburg c. 1585
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Pitt Rivers Museum ‘wrapped’, looking east across the Court
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IV.4 The method for expounding authorities: the lecture
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Perspective Applied: Masaccio, Trinità (c.1426-1428)
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Robert Morison (1620-1683)
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Brahe's description of Uraniborg, f. 41r
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Galileo's most decisive telescopic observation: the phases of Venus, 1610-23
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Philology: The Antwerp polyglot, 1568-73
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Invention of the spyglass, 1608
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The key to miniaturisation: the Fusee, early 15th century
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Joris Hoefnagel, Insects, c. 1590-1600
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Saami bride
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‘Head of Slavonian’
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Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort's (1630-1715) plate
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Studiolo of Francesco I de' Medici: Introduction
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Astrolabe table clock
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Letter
Andrea Palladio, Il Redentore Church, Venice (1575-1576)
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History
VI.5 Early milestones: Reformation disputations
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Aristotle's four elements and Galen's four humours
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Theodor de Bry, Mining in Potosí (1596)
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V. Schools Quadrangle
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Statue of Darius from Susa
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