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Kepler's Mysterium cosmographicum, 1596
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The origin and spread of botanical gardens in European universities
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Beetles
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Between two worlds: The Danby Gate to the Physic Garden in Oxford, 1632-3
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Common-sense interpretation: concentric spheres in uniform circular motion around the stationary earth
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Ismail al-Jazari's Elephant clock, ca 1200
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University Church
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Philosophical Transactions, no. 178 (1685)
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Oxford's defences, 1644: a garbled map
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'Universitas': the original meaning of the term
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Robert Hooke
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Tomb of Darius at Naqsh-e Rustam
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Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 17403, folios 4r-4v
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Arcus Bipartitus
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Houses and totem poles in Masset
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Henry Power, 'Experimental philosophy, in three books' (1664)
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Bernard Palissy (attributed), Oval Platter
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Via Lucis, 1641-2 / 1668
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Studiolo of Francesco I: Prometheus and Nature
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Clone of The four terrestrial elements
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Medium sized azimuth quadrant of brass
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Catacomb Saints
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Printing in Venice
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Introduction
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