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Cabinet - Sources

Robert Boyle's (1627-1691) plate
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Dala Shiypon in Jarqurgon District (Surkhandaryo Viloyat, Uzbekistan)
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Disorder
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The Bobarts' Herbaria
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T32: Silver Athenian owl imitation, struck by the satrap Mazakes, (?) 331-323 BC (or earlier).
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Russian men
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Crucifix Dial, Adriaan Zeelst (1588)
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An Ethiopian mahdar
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Польский молитвенник (Казахстан)
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Looking to the future
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Outflow water clock, ca 1350 BCE
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Medium sized azimuth quadrant of brass
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Common-sense interpretation: concentric spheres in uniform circular motion around the stationary earth
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Islamic calligraphy
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The Idle Shepherd Boys continued (vol. 2)
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Newton's Alchemical Sublimations
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Cylinder seal with royal hero and Bes figure
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Xanthos Trilingual, 337 BC
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Octagonal pyramid seal with royal hero
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A fragmented polity
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Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum Cover
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Transcription: "Mrs Shepherd on Poultry."
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Wire-drawing bench, Nuremberg, before 1565
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Transcription: "Mother's Hens" May 26 1915
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