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Science, technology, health

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  • Health and medicine (20 topics)
  • Scientific instruments (19 topics)

13 Topics

  • Armillary sphere
  • Bees and hives
  • Chemistry
  • Codes and ciphers
  • Discoveries
  • Fireworks
  • Geography
  • Inventions
  • Mathematics
  • Royal Society, The
  • Starch
  • Varnish
  • Weather

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Samuel Pepys and Slaves
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