A.W. Faber Castell 360 Slide Rule
Hermes Media Portable Typewriter
Shortland Brothers Wall Barometer & Thermometer
Ensign Ful-Vue Super Camera
Descrittione dell'Isola Taprobana
England South
England West
England East
The Gleam in the North
The Great White Chief
The Flight of the Heron
The Wounded Name
Nature's Arts and Crafts
Pietas Quotidiana: Prayers & Meditations
The Works of William Shakspeare
War and Peace
The Idiot
The Brothers Karamazov, Vol. I
The Brothers Karamazov, Vol. II
Album von Bremen
Sacred Bo Tree, Anuradhapura
Lady Agnes and Other Poems
Thuparama Dagoba & Dalada Maligawa, Anuradhapura
Poems by Lord Byron
The View from Serendip
Fifty Amazing Stories of the Great War
Fifty True Stories Stranger Than Fiction
Fifty Thrilling Wild West Stories
Poetical Works of Robert Bridges
The Canterbury Tales
Flags of the World, Past and Present
A Short History of England
Abbeys, Castles and Ancient Halls of England & Wales: North & Wales
Character
A Preface to Shakespeare
Songs of Grace and Glory
Song-Tide
Lingard's History of England, Vol. I
Lingard's History of England, Vol. II
Lingard's History of England, Vol. III
Lingard's History of England, Vol. IV
Lingard's History of England, Vol. V
Lingard's History of England, Vol. VI
Lingard's History of England, Vol. VII
Lingard's History of England, Vol. VIII
Lingard's History of England, Vol. X
Agfa Synchro-Box
Coronet Ambassador
French Pictures, Drawn with Pen and Pencil
Italian Pictures, Drawn with Pen and Pencil
The Immortal Gilbert & Sullivan Operas, Vol. 3
A Popular History of the Great War, Vol. IV
A Popular History of the Great War, Vol. III
A Popular History of the Great War, Vol. I
A Popular History of the Great War, Vol. II
The sky in 1927 Interwar · 29 of 55 objects have risen
Passing through 1927 Nature's Arts and Crafts c.1917–1920s The Flight of the Heron 1927 A.W. Faber Castell 360 Slide Rule c.1927–1934
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Drag the dial · ← → to step a yearDrag the dial or the sky
The timeline · 55 objects
Every object, in the order it was made.
Each case wakes when the dial passes its year. Open one to find its star in the sky, or follow a narrative and watch the cases it connects light up together.
Narratives through the sky
Renaissance 1 object · 1590
Georgian 1 object · 1830
Victorian 19 objects · 1855–1891
Edwardian 6 objects · 1905–1918
Interwar 15 objects · 1925–1939
Mid-Century 12 objects · 1943–1968
Late 20th C. 1 object · 1979