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Italian steel buckler with niello tracery and gilding. The buckler was grasped from behind by a riveted crossbar. The shield has the Venetian republic's Lion of St. Mark at the top of the rim, and a Venetian family's coat of arms.
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Italian steel buckler with niello tracery and gilding. The buckler was grasped...

Professor Ferdinand von Hebra,physician,dermatologist (1816-1880). Canvas by F.Feigler,1862
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Professor Ferdinand von Hebra,physician,dermatologist (1816-1880)....

0270001516 Marconi's first tuned transmitter, 1897. Guglielmo Marconi, an Italian physicist and inventor, sent the first radio signals across the Atlantic using this experimental tuned transmitter. He later developed short-wave radio equipment, and established a worldwide radio telegraph network for the British government. In 1909 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics. See also 39-17-02/60
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0270001516 Marconi's first tuned transmitter, 1897. Guglielmo Marconi, an Itali...

Portrait of James Watt by von Breda, painted 1792. Watt was the inventor of the improved steam engine.
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Portrait of James Watt by von Breda, painted 1792. Watt was the inventor of the...

Drawing of Stephenson's "Rocket". The locomotive was built by Robert Stephenson and George Stephenson. It won the Rainhill Trials of 1829, a competition set up to establish the most efficient locomotive for haulage on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.
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Drawing of Stephenson's "Rocket". The locomotive was built by Robert Stephenson...

Quipu or khipu - A system of knotted cords used by the Incas and its predecessor societies in the Andean region to store massive amounts of information important to their culture and civilization. Inca culture; Peru; 15th-16th century CE.
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Quipu or khipu - A system of knotted cords used by the Incas and its predecess...

Coats-of-arms on the Town Hall of Burgkunstadt, Bavaria.
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Coats-of-arms on the Town Hall of Burgkunstadt, Bavaria...

The puy de Dome, 1465 m, is the highest of the ancient volcanos of the Auvergne. Celts and Romans made it a place of worship; Pascal conducted his experiments on the weight of air on the Puy de Dome in 1653.
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The puy de Dome, 1465 m, is the highest of the ancient volcanos of the Auvergne....

The puy de Dome, 1465 m, is the highest of the ancient volcanos of the Auvergne. Celts and Romans made it a place of worship; Pascal conducted his experiments on the weight of air on the Puy de Dome in 1653.
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The puy de Dome, 1465 m, is the highest of the ancient volcanos of the Auvergne....

The Roman Spa of Pierre Perthuis, Burgundy. Below-ground saltwater sources in the region have been used for health cures since Roman times.
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The Roman Spa of Pierre Perthuis, Burgundy. Below-ground saltwater sources in th...

Nicolas Copernicus, 1575. Inscription: "Clarissiums et Doctissimus Doctor Nicolai Copernicus ... Astronomus Incomparabilis"
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Nicolas Copernicus, 1575. Inscription: "Clarissium...

Nicolas Copernicus, 1575.
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Nicolas Copernicus, 1575.