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17Th Century: Early 17Th Century
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The Spittals is clearly shown (red dot on map opposite) on a map of the North Riding prepared by Blaeu in the early 17th Century. In his pilotage publication of 1625, clearly refers to a pier. Could this be the Spittals?
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Sunspot observations stretch back to the early 17th century, when the telescope was invented. To extend the data farther back in time, Usoskin's team used a physical model to calculate past sunspot numbers from levels of a radioactive isotope preserved in ice cores taken from Greenland and Antarctica.
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There were bits of pottery from Gulf Coast American Indian tribes as well as 17th-century nautical instruments used by early French explorers. On the museum grounds, history is layered, just like garbage at a city dump.
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In the early 17th century there were only casement windows (ones that open on hinges). In the later 17th century sash windows were introduced. They were in two sections and they slid up and down vertically to open and shut.
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