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ca. 1530-1591, scientific instrument maker; die-sinker, engraver, English born, British

Cole, Humfrey

1530 - 1591

1529-1604, burgomaster of Leiden during the Spanish War and the pestilence of 1553, Dutch

Werfius, Petrus Adriani

1529 - 1604

1537-1553, king of England and Ireland, reigned 1547-1553

Edward VI

1537 - 1553

1500-1570, medallist active in Padua, Italian

Cavino, Giovanni dal

1500 - 1570

1533-1606, master pilot; cartographer, Dutch

Waghenaer, Lucas Janszoon

1533 - 1606

1538-1606, astronomical instrument and clock maker,

Habermel, Erasmus

1538 - 1606

1513-1869, Royal Naval Dockyard, ship-building and repairs, River Thames, England, British

Deptford Royal Dockyard

1513 - 1869

1500-1558, monarch; Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Belgian

Charles V

1500 - 1558

1525-1606/8, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, France

Danfrie, Philippe

1525 - 1608

1547-1606, philologist, Flemish; Belgian

Lipsius, Justus

1547 - 1606

c.1545-1612, herbalist, English

Gerard, John

1545 - 1612

c. 1500-1585, active from 1529 in Spain, clock maker; engineer, mathematician, of Cremona, Italian?

Torriano, Juanelo

1500 - 1585

1527-1609, mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary, English

Dee, John

1527 - 1609

1512-1594, cartographer; geographer; mathematician, Belgian

Mercator, Gerhard

1512 - 1594

1537-1619, anatomist, Italian

ab Acquapendente, Hieronymus Fabricius

1537 - 1619

1546-1601, astronomer, Danish

Brahe, Tycho

1546 - 1601

1514-1564, anatomist; physician, Belgian

Vesalius, Andreas

1514 - 1564

1550-1617, mathematician, Scottish

Napier, John

1550 - 1617

c. 1524-1580, explorer; poet, Portuguese

Camoes, Luiz de

1524 - 1580

1533-1603, reigned 1558-1603, sovereign, English

Elizabeth I

1533 - 1603

1527-1605, naturalist, Italian

Aldovandi, Ulisse

1527 - 1605

1531-1571, painter; artist; draughtsman, Italian

Manzuoli, Tommaso

1531 - 1571

about 1510-1590, surgeon, French

Paré, Ambroise

1510 - 1590

1530 or 1531-1596, alchemist; publisher, German?

Thurneisser, Leonhardt

1530 - 1596

active c1505-c1575, artist, French

Limousin, Leonard

1505 - 1575

1549-1610, missionary of the Order of Friars Minor, saint, Andalusia, Spain, Spanish

Saint Francis Solanus

1549 - 1610

1542-1605, ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1556-1605, Persian

Akbar the Great

1542 - 1605

1511-1561, cartographer; scientific instrument maker, German

Vopel, Caspar

1511 - 1561

1509-1564, theologian, French

Calvin, John

1509 - 1564

c. 1512-1575, physician; scholar, Dutch

Junius, Adrian

1512 - 1575

1532-1592, count of Hesse-Kassel,

Wilhelm IV

1532 - 1592

1866-1883, railway company, United Kingdom

Llynvi & Ogmore Railway

628 - 1883

1527-current (2010), university, Marburg, Germany, German

University of Marburg

1527

1518-current (2011), college, English; British

Royal College of Physicians

1518

active 1540-current (2008), society of barber surgeons, London

The Company of Barber-Surgeons

1540

A photographic print from the Daily Herald Archive folder: Industry » Agriculture » Vegetables - Potatoes.

A photographic print of Vegetables - Potatoes

19\60-11-15

Return of overcharges, The Kington and Eardisley Railway Company, Blank form for return of overcharges.

The Kington and Eardisley Railway Company

187_

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Mr & Mrs Phillips lived with their three children (4,3 & 1 1/2 years) in a council owned slum house. A few years before Mr Phillips was earning £30.40 as a spot welder and they lived in a new council house. Then Mr P began going blind (a danger of his trade) he lost his job, fell into rent arrears was evicted into this sub-standard property-no bath, no hot water, outdoor lavatory. They live on £10.15 per week'. See interview P17 "Happy Christmas"'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Mr & Mrs Phillips…

00/10/1970

Planet News photograph titled 'Laurence Olivier takes 'Old Vic' Company on tour'. caption on back reads: Sir Laurence Olivier and his wife (actress Vivien Leigh) left Euston Station on the 'Corinthic' boat train with the Old Vic company for a nine months tour of Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania. Photo shows -- Vivien Leigh says good-bye to Mr. W.J. Jordan, New Zealand High Commissioner, watched by her husband Sir Laurence Olivier, at Euston.

Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh leave for Australia

14 Februry 1948

This graphite pencil drawing of the Great Nebula in Orion was made by John Frederick William Herschel (1792-1871) while on a trip to South Africa in 1835. Herschel was able to draw the nebula with the aid of a 20 feet reflector telescope at 'Feldhausen' in the Cape of Good Hope. The drawing is probably one that is referred to in his diary entry for the date, Sunday 4 January 1835.

The Great Nebula in Orion as seen in the 20 feet Reflector at Feldhausen - Cape of Good Hope

Sunday 4 January 1835

Two "Tenby Pilot" double wall switches made of phenol formaldehyde, made in England, 1929-1940

Two double electrical wall switches

1920-1040

Brick from under the sleeper beam of gatehouse spanning the moat at Prittlewell, 1503-1510

Brick from under the sleeper beam of gatehouse spanning the moat at Prittlewell

1503-1510

Bronze adze blade probably early dynastic, c.3000 B.C.

Bronze adze blad

circa 3000 BCE

Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. Third Class Picnic Saloon. Exterior and interior views. Revised series. Published November 1904. Published November 1904. (Printed by McCorquodale & Co Limited).

Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. Third Class Picnic Saloon

1904-11

Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. Queen Victoria's Saloons. Exterior and interior views. Revised series. Published November 1904. (Printed by McCorquodale & Co Limited).

Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. Queen Victoria's Saloons

1904-11

[Stationery bills (2) issued to Charles Babbage]/William Creswick, papermaker, John St, Oxford St, 1841 Dec & 1843 Apr. [The bills are for cartridge paper ruled to order]

Stationery bills issued to Charles Babbage

1841-43

15th Century Iron striking clock with 17th century escapement and other later modifications (on stand). (Arrangement for driving hands incomplete, no driving weights) Including count wheel

15th Century Iron striking clock with 17th century escapement

1401-1500; after 1650

Marble copy of a Greek(?) statue of Homer, original possibly 4th to 2nd century BC, copy possibly 1800-1920

Homer

1800-1920; 400-200 BCE

Rail profile set, cased, for flat-bottomed rail, by Glass Developments Ltd, London c.1955.

Rail profile set

1950-1060

Standard printing press converted to an occupational therapy device, hand operated by pulling a handle to strengthen limbs weakened through accident or illness, can be rigged to exercise any part of the body, assembled by hospital workshops, type and additional composing equipment included, 1930-70.

Standard printing press converted to an occupational therapy device

1930-70

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