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Outflow water clock, ca 1350 BCE
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The first permanent anatomical theatre: Padua, 1594
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BSH5: Silver tetradrachm of Athens, fragment, c. 450–425 BC.
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Elias Ashmole
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Feuerwerkbuch (mid 15th century)
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Drawing of flax being prepared
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Zheltoqsan (Kazakhstan)
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JH9: Silver ingot cut from a rod or bracelet.
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Studiolo of Francesco I: Prometheus and Nature
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Rice fields (Kazakhstan/Kyrgyzstan)
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Gallery of Maps, Vatican Palace, 1580-83
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Seal of Darius I (BM)
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Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cgm 597, fol. 244r
Plane dial
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Anatomy: a manual art, 1493
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Drawing of classical tombstones
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The King's Gate, Corpus Christi College
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Henry Power, 'Experimental philosophy, in three books' (1664)
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Plate to print: process
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The mariner's astrolabe: an iconic instrument
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Studiolo of Francesco I: The Fire Wall
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Telegrams
Bodleian, MS Rawl. D. 939 (section 5, verso)
Lithograph of Saami herding reindeer
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