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The Suitcase (Kazakhstan)
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Translating the five orders: John Thorpe, 1601
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Nova reperta: the mechanical clock
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Dodo (Raphus cucullatus)
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Thomas McGarry
Claudius Ptolemy, Geographia (Ulm, 1482)
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Excavated Sarcophagus of Roman Girl, 1485
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An experiment in the Accademia del Cimento
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Eurasia and Africa c. 1025 AD
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Russian egg seller
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The Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus
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Dala Shiypon in Jarqurgon District (Surkhandaryo Viloyat, Uzbekistan)
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The Oxford syllabus as circulus disciplinarum, 1635
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The New St Peter's Basilica
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Insects
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Helioscope
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What was printed in the 15th century?
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Columbian exchanges
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Digitising objects
Papal Coin, Boniface VIII
'The Female Vagrant' (vol. 1)
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Vannuccio Biringuccio, Pirotechnia (1540)
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Explanation of the design of Uraniborg with all its premises
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Lantern clock with pyramid stand (c. 1700)
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