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Common-sense observation: the sphere of the fixed stars
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Innovation and Printing
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Bodleian, MS e. Mus. 19, fol. 165v
Galileo's first telescopes, 1609-10
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Raphael, School of Athens (1509-1510)
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The mariner's astrolabe and Portuguese exploration
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VI.4 The founding event: a university disputation
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Danby Gate, Botanical Garden, 1632-3
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T5: Gold stater, so-called “Croesid”, struck at Sardeis after 547/6 BC.
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Elephant Automaton Clock, Augsburg, 1600-10
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Relics
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Europe c. 1000 AD
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IV.4 The method for expounding authorities: the lecture
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Abyssinian roll of parchment
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Dutch Trade Routes
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Рисовые поля (Казахстан/Кыргызстан)
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The Drake Chair (from 1662)
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Europe c. 1700
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Свидетельство о рождении (Казахстан)
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MS Ashmole 399, folios 14r-15r
Printing in Venice
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Bodleian, MS Ashmole 399, folios 18r-22r
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Finnish family
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