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Prague became, under Rudolf’s guidance, one of the leading centers of the arts and sciences on the continent.
November 1, 2013
By about 1520, the device had been developed to such an extent that a tiny watch movement could be incorporated into a jewel or some other small precious object.
March 1, 2009
A compilation of remarkable things was attempted as a mirror of contemporary knowledge, regardless of whether those objects were created by the genius of man or the caprice of nature.
October 1, 2002
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