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Multiple ivory balls
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Cristoforo Romano, Gold Medal of Isabella d'Este (1495)
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Elephant Automaton Clock, Augsburg, 1600-10
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My grandmother’s jewellery
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Reproduction photograph of Alfred Robinson’s painting of Star House Pole (glass negative)
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Saami bride
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Autograph inscription by Sir Henry Wotton to the Bodleian Library, 15 August 1633
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Jaca Bastion Fort, Spain
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Convocation House, 1634-7
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Saami man
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Chinese Alchemy
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9. Stirrups
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Domenico Remps, 1690s
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Maps as symbols of power: Gallery of Maps, Vatican Palace, 1580-83
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Timeline
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Мозаика (Казахстан)
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Robert Plot
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Polish basket sellers
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John Fell's (1625-1686) plate
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Giovanni Dondi's Astrarium, 1364
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Common-sense interpretation: concentric spheres in uniform circular motion around the stationary earth
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Invention of the spyglass, 1608
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Ivalo valley
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Appendix: 'On architectural structures suitable for astronomical observations', folio 40r
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