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Modelling retrograde motion: the theory of epicycles
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Early Fellows of the Royal Society
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Morison's 'Historiae': Volume 1
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Ewer formed from a Seychelles nut, Prague, 1602
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An anatomical landmark: Vesalius, De humani corporis fabrica libri septem, 1543
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The parallatic or ruler-instrument
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Spearhead from Deve Hüyük
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The astrolabe
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Drawing of a quern
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Spoon of reindeer antler (3-D)
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Japanese pillar clock
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Giovanni Dondi's Astrarium, 1364
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The 1491 First Edition of Dante's Lyric Poetry
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BSH7: Silver siglos/drachm of “Sinope”, uncertain mint (“Class B””), perhaps c. 450–425 BC.
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Astronomical tower clocks, ca 1380-1588
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BSH5: Silver tetradrachm of Athens, fragment, c. 450–425 BC.
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The First 20 Years, 1450-1470: Earliest specimens in print
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Minerva on a triumphal chariot, Augsburg, ca 1620
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Drawing of a window
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Cabinet for Ferdinand II of Tyrol, c. 1582
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Чемодан (Казахстан)
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Botanical gardeners: in the university, but not of the university
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Clone of A Musket Ball Puller in Dresden
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Astronomical Clock of Su Song (1020-1101)
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