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Here are the anachronic elements:
- The test-tubes that refer to the invention of modern chemistry by Lavoisier in 1777,
- The electric telegraph including the one of Samuel Morse, emblem of modern communication, goes back to 1840,
- And finally the lamp with the first modern incandescent light bulb invented by James Bowman Lindsay, dates back to 1838.
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Classed by date, here are the other objects on the painting:
- The compass : was invented in Europe around 1300.
- The map : published in the Imago Mundi in 1410: a work taken by Christopher Columbus.on his trip to America...
- The printing press, invented by the famous Gutenberg in 1437.
- The astronomical telescope invented in 1608 by the famous astronomer and physicist Galileo.
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