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1576-1621, colonial governor, English

Carver, John

1576 - 1621

1575-1660, mathematician, English

Oughtred, William

1575 - 1660

1596-1650, philosopher; mathematician, French

Descartes, René

1596 - 1650

1593-1661, artist; painter, English

Janssen van Ceulen, Cornelius

1593 - 1661

1596-1673, mapmaker, Netherlands

Blaeu, Johannes

1596 - 528

1599-1641, artist, Belgian

Van Dyck, Anthony

1599 - 1641

1599-1667, pope, Italian

Alexander VII

1599 - 1655

1583-1634, army general, Bohemian (now Czech)

Wallenstein, General

1583 - 2500

1581-1626, mathematician, Welsh; English

Gunter, Edmund

1581 - 1626

1600-1874, trading company; based in United Kingdom; global trade

East India Company

1600 - 1874

1593-1674, physicist, Dutch

Tulp, Nicolaas

1593 - 1674

c. 1580-1660, priest; philanthropist, French

Saint Vincent de Paul

1576 - 1660

1592-1638, chemist; alchemist, German

Brendel, Zacharias

1592 - 1638

1597-1679, cardinal; bishop, Italian

Barberini, Cardinal Francesco

1597 - 1679

1588-1653, mathematical instrument maker, sundial maker, London, England, English

Allen, Elias

1588 - 1653

1592-1666, Mughal Emperor of India from 1628-1658

Shah Jahan

1592 - 1666

1588-1660, physician; antiquary; archaeologist, French

Chifflet, Jean-Jacques

1588 - 1660

1578-1657, physician; discoverer of the circulation of the blood, English

Harvey, William

1578 - 1657

1597-1681, artist, Flemish

Sustermans, Justus

1597 - 1681

1600-1947, military medical service, India

Indian Medical Service

1600 - 1947

1600-1649, reigned 1625-1649, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland, British

Charles I

1600 - 1649

d. 1682, physician; Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Paris; French

Morand, Antoine

1600 - 1682

1577-1640, artist, German-born, Flemish; Belgian

Rubens, Peter Paul

1577 - 1640

1577-1644, chemist; physiologist; physician, Belgian

Helmont, Jean Baptiste van

1577 - 1644

1600-1675, astronomer, Belgian

Langren, Michel Van

1600 - 1675

1866-1883, railway company, United Kingdom

Llynvi & Ogmore Railway

628 - 1883

1581-current (2010), art gallery, Florence, Italy, Italian

Uffizi Gallery Florence

1581

[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

Measuring brass, gilt rods (2), late 16th century (12 & 12a-79 V & A M Reg.)

Measuring brass

1580-1600

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

Model of Asia minor plough which was used in the time of Job and Ulysses

model of Asia minor plough

circa 2000-1500 BCE

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

Plaster copy of female bust, original probably Roman, 100BC-200AD, replica made 1901-1940

Plaster copy of female bust

100 BCE-200 CE; 1901-1940

Hammer head, bronze, with restored wooden handle, Graeco-Roman, 500BC-500AD

Hammer head

1851-1930; 500 BCE-500 CE

Two flint drill Heads and Sandstone Block used for testing similar drills, found on the site of the Temple of Zoser Saqqara, c.3000 BCE

Sandstone blockhead

3000 BCE

Pottery funerary vase, bulbous body and pagoda-shaped lid,decoration in high relief, on hardwood stand (1801-1900), vase Chinese, possibly 500 BCE - 500 CE

Pottery funerary vase

500 BCE-500 CE; 1801-1900

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

Plaster replica of a Greek (?) marble relief, depicting Asklepios (Asclepius; Latin: Aesculapius) and goddesses, original possibly 5th to 3rd centuries BC, cast 1860-1920

Plaster replica of a Greek (?) marble relief

500-201 BCE; 1860-1920

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

Bronze medal to commemorate a battle, Europe, 1598

Bronze medal to commemorate a battle, Europe, 1598

1598

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

A photographic print of Vegetables - Potatoes

19\60-11-15

Bones of human left foot, showing effects of osteoarthritis, said to be predynastic Egyptian, 4000-2001 BC

Human bones with osteoarthritis

4000-2001 BCE

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