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View of the Tower of London from the River Thames at Custom House showing boats and passengers on the river

Tycho Brahe's equatorial armillary sphere ('Armillae aequatoriae') in his Uraniborg observatory on the island of Hven

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rings round their necks and elaborate headdresses

Exterior view of the stadium

Opium smoking in the East End of London mb-code 42-24134281 View of the Tower of'Opium smoking in the East End of London', 1874. A notice on the wall refers to the imminent departure of a ship from London to Ceylon and Penang in the Far East. Some opium dens in London were the haunt of lascars and Chinese sailors. A print from the Illustrated London News, 1 August 1874.