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Cabinet - Sources

Буквари для бухарсксих евреев (Центральная Азия)
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‘Outline of Tracery’
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Comparing fruits: carrot family
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T12: Silver stater struck at Mallos in the name of the general Tiribazos, c. 384-383 BC.
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The Moynaq Canned Fish combine (Uzbekistan)
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The world's earliest dated printed book (868)
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The phases of Venus, 1610-23
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Anatomical theatres: Padua, 1594
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Supplement regarding the subdivision and dioptre of the instruments
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Works of art in family homes in Tashkent (Uzbekistan)
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Double pigeon whistle (3-D)
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The King's Gate, Corpus Christi College
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Russian woman
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Sources: nature, reason, experience, and tradition
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Анкета-заявление на переселение (Таджикистан)
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Chinese Alchemy
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Javelin-head from Deve Hüyük
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Michelangelo, Last Judgment (1536-1541)
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Lunar volvelle
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Europe c. 1700
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Portuguese and Spanish Trade Routes
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Karaburun Tumulus II, early 5th century BC.
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Common-sense interpretation: concentric spheres in uniform circular motion around the stationary earth
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2. Magnetic Compass
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