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Term: United Kingdom

Description

Area was inhabited by ancient Celtic-speaking peoples; invaded by Rome 55 BC, Romans withdrew AD 410; invaded by Angles, Saxons & Jutes, Danes & Normans; various parts have been united by England since 11th cen.; was core of large empire 18th-20th cen.; o

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Carangeot-type contact goniometer
circa 1797
print: "Measuring the Sunshine"
1880
"Vanity Fair" print of James Bryce
circa 1893
print of "The Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton, California"
February 25, 1888
small annealed steel tuning fork, C
circa 1880

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J. H. Steward Ltd

fl. 1852 - 1930
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James Short

1710 - 1768
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Adam Hilger Ltd.

1874 - 1948
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John Browning

c. 1831 - 1925

Benjamin Martin

1704 - 1782

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