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Cabinet - Sources

Title Page of 12 Articles
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Danger
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Hugh Robinson's Textbook (1616)
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Prague, 1599-1612: The Rudolphine Tables (1627)
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T15: Silver stater struck at Tarsos in the name of Tarkumuwa, c. 380-370 BC.
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Photo Album 1979 – 1982
Letter from Robert Hanley Hall to Edward Burnett Tylor, 15 November 1900
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Saami women
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2. Magnetic Compass
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Xylography before typography, 1423 and after
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The four terrestrial elements
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Plan of Samarkand (Uzbekistan)
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15. Eyeglasses
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Saami couple
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‘Bosniac Girl of the Possávina’
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Samuel Puchas, Purchas his pilgrimes, vol. 3 (London, 1625)
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Soldier portraits
Bill of account from the Hudson’s Bay Company to Edward Burnett Tylor, 9 November 1900
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Imser Planetary Clock, ca 1554-61
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Gunpowder in the Nova reperta
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Printed model to printed image: Cyclamen
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Artillery
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Chinese books before paper
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