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Term: Augsburg

Description

Located at junction of Wertach & Lech rivers at tip of plain; was site of Bronze Age & Roman settlements; destroyed by Alemanni 5th cen., rebuilt by Franks; was leading medieval commercial center; was important site in development of Lutheranism 16th cen.

Objects

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pedometer
1675-1710
colored engraving of armillary sphere and orrery
dated 1774
variation compass
circa 1780
mechanical equatorial sundial
1675-1725
large steel screw dividers
circa 1550

People

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Andreas Vogler

c. 1730 - 1800
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Lorenz Grassl

c. 1740 - 1805
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Joseph Daniel Mayr

1713 - 1773
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Tobias Conrad Lotter

1717-1777
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Georg F. Brander

1713 - 1783

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