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Tweet us a number between 1 & 200 and we'll reply with an object that lives on that shelf in our stores from 1-3pm today #ObjectLottery bit.ly/2JsrhuR

11:02 AM · Mar 22, 2019

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John E. Kennett

Seven!

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For you we have a microscope lamp owned by John Thomas Quekett which was used to burn sperm oil #ObjectLottery collection.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects/co8508

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42 - what other number is as important? 😜

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Indeed! For you we have a pocket stereoscope made in Germany around 1910 #ObjectLottery collection.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects/co3750

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Snail in In A Boat = Bub

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Hello, also on shelf 42 are these German binoculars made between 1939-1941 collection.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects/co4347

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86 🤞

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For you we have a terrestrial globe made in Rome by Matthaus Greuter in 1632 #ObjectLottery collection.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects/co5634

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@christine7lowe

Can I have 163, please, Bob?

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Hello 👋 for you we have a 1:24 scale model of an Azimuth instrument from Jaipur Observatory. It was used to measure the azimuth of the Sun and calculate the time of sunrise and sunset 🌅. The Jaipur Mantar is a

world heritage site.

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