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Thesaurus

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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tin box for the secondary mirror of a reflecting telescope
circa 1817
electric bells or chimes
circa 1830
student transit theodolite
1910-1930
tripod for Martin graphometer
1738-1777
quartz spectrograph
1924-1930

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Whipple Museum of the History of Science

founded 1944
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Valantine & Carr

fl. 1870 - 1930
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Hilger and Watts, Ltd.

1948 - 1968

Thomas Tompion

1639 - 1713
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L. P. Casella & Company

1848 - 1860

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