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The Art of Science

Some of the National Gallery's paintings can tell us about scientific instruments and inventions from the past. Click on the details below to find out more...
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Click here to find out about Hippocrates   Click here to find out about Blood Letting.  Click here to find out about Instruments for Observation and Measuring Time  Click here to find out about the Celestial Globe
Click here to find out about the Armillary Sphere
 Click here to find out about Spectacles  Click here to find out about the Demonstration of the Formation of a Vacuum
 Click here to find out about the Telescope  Click here to find out about Palmistry