May 26th, 2017

Oxford

Gillian and Rachael at Blackwell's Bookshop, Oxford. England's Biggest Bookshop	Mural by Edward Bawden, 1973 Blackwell's Bookshop, Oxford	' Magna Carta' Weston Library, Oxford

Old Town Hall, Oxford	Old Road Sign from the 1930's, Oxford	Oxford Town Hall and Museum

Oxford Castle from the Motte and Bailey Castle Mound, built in 1071 by Robert D'Oilly	Oxford Castle from the top of the Motte and Bailey Castle Mound	Remaining Mound of the original Motte and Bailey Castle, Oxford	Gillian and Rachael on top of the Motte and Bailey Castle Mound, Oxford

Inside a Cell at Oxford Castle	The Fetter of Mary Blandy Oxford Castle	Window from which Empress Matilda made her escape Oxford Castle

Christ Church College, Oxford	Gillian and Rachael having a picnic lunch in the grounds of Christ Church College, Oxford	Gillian and Rachael in front of Christ Church College, Oxford

Christ Church College, Oxford	Merton College, Oxford	All Souls College, Oxford

All Souls College Sundial produced by Christopher Wren in 1658	Hertford Bridge, often called the 'Bridge of Sighs', Oxford	Statue of Edward Clarendon on the Clarendon Building, Oxford

Spherical Astrolabe, 1480 History of Science Museum, Oxford	Armillary Sphere by Carlo Plato, Rome, 1588 History of Science Museum, Oxford	Clock Driven Armillary Sphere by Antide Janvier, 1798 History of Science Museum, Oxford	Armillary Sphere, c.1580 History of Science Museum, Oxford

Napier bones History of Science Museum, Oxford

Equinoctial Dial, 1716 History of Science Museum, Oxford	Diptych dial, 1578 History of Science Museum Oxford	Gillian at the History of Science Museum, Oxford

Arithmometer by Thomas de Colmar. First commercially produced calculating machine, 1820 History of Science Museum, Oxford	Thatcher's Cylindrical Slide Rule, 1890 History of Science Museum, Oxford	The Fowler Calculator History of Science Museum, Oxford

Mechanical Equinoctial Dials History of Science Museum, Oxford	Reflecting Circle History of Science Museum, Oxford	C16th Compendiums History of Science Museum, Oxford

1584 Astrolabe by Philippe Danfrie Paris History of Science Museum, Oxford	Nuremburg Diptych Dials C16th-C17th History of Science Museum, Oxford	Astrolabe by Thomas Gemini for Queen Elizabeth I, London, 1559 History of Science Museum, Oxford

Microscopes dating from the C17th including those from the Royal Microscopical Society History of Science Museum, Oxford

Stained Glass in Memory of Christopher Wren, Architect, Anatomist, Astronomer Mathematician and Physicist History of Science Museum, Oxford	Stained Glass Coat of Arms 'Numero Pondere et Mensura' (Number, weight and measure) History of Science Museum, Oxford	'Sir John Chardin' 1746 History of Science Museum, Oxford

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