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Term: Europe

Description

Was early home to Homo erectus, Neanderthal & modern Homo sapiens; agricultural settlements arose 7th mill. BC; advanced civilizations developed in Mediterranean area with Asian & African influence; modern nations began to form after fall of Roman Empire.

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unknown, part of an electrified instrument
late 19th-mid 20th Century
electric bells or chimes
circa 1830
student transit theodolite
1910-1930
compensating polar planimeter
circa 1949
Melloni optical bench with accessories
1860-1875

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Georg Karner

fl. 1679 - 1700
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Leonhart Miller

fl. 1613 - 1649
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Nicolaus Miller

fl. 1647 - 1661
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Conrad Karner

1571 - 1632
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Thomas Ducher

1590 - 1645

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