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Saami man
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Kepler's three laws: a second astronomical revolution
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Piero della Francesca, Flagellation (c.1455–1460)
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The origin and spread of botanical gardens in European universities
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Transcription: "Mother's Hens", April 21 1915
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Astrolabe table clock
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Cylinder seal with royal hero and Bes figure
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Johann Cogler, Lutheran Sacrament of the Altar (1558)
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Memphis Customs Account
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Pitt Rivers Museum, east end of the Court (print)
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Clone of Jardin des Plantes in Paris (1636)
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Botanical gardeners: in the university, but not of the university
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Battle of Lützen (6 / 16 November 1632)
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Russian peasant
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Baked potato
Botanical Gardens
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Print: "Mother's Hens", the Grain Grower's Guide, May 5, 1915
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Drawing of Johanninpoika Marataja
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Silver
Transcription: "Mother's Hens," March 31 1915
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Russian woman
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Prague Astronomical Clock (1410 onwards)
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Letter from Robert Hanley Hall to Edward Burnett Tylor, 15 February 1902
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Florey Building