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Thales, approximately 634 B.C.-approximately 546 B.C.

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  • Sixteen portraits of classical poets and thinkers. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • An archangel revealing the physical nature of the universe to a group of natural philosophers and mathematicians. Etching by James Barry, 1795, after his painting.
  • Sixteen portraits of classical poets and thinkers. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Thales of Miletus. Line engraving by Blanchard.
  • Thales of Miletus. Line engraving.

Catalogue

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    From Thales to Lauterbur, or from the lodestone to MR imaging : magnetism and medicine / M.R. Mourino.

    Mourino, M. R. | Date: 1991
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    Thales of Miletus. Line engraving by Blanchard.

    | Reference: 9126i
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    An archangel revealing the physical nature of the universe to a group of natural philosophers and mathematicians. Etching by James Barry, 1795, after his painting.

    Barry, James, 1741-1806. | Date: 1 May 1795 | Reference: 11970i
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    La cosmogonie de Thalès et les doctrines de l'Egypte / [E. Amélineau].

    Amélineau, E. (Emile), 1850-1915. | Date: 1910
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    Thales of Miletus. Stipple engraving by J.H. Ramberg.

    Ramberg, Johann Heinrich, 1763-1840. | Reference: 9127i

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