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Strangest Things

And in an age beforeelectronic calculators, these sums rely on printedmathematical tables...

And in an age before
electronic calculators, these sums rely on printed
mathematical tables to assist them

Full Transcript

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And in an age before electronic calculators,
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these sums rely on printed mathematical tables to assist them.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
14
Timestamp in Movie
00:30:31
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
9
Genres
documentary
Production
A+E Networks,Blink Films

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Movie Summary

From a piece of meteorite found in Tutankhamun's tomb to the Crown of Thorns, explore some of the most perplexing and unusual objects lying hidden away in museums, laboratories and storage rooms.
S01 • E06 [ominous music playing] - Strangest Things 00:12
[ominous music playing]
S01 • E08 So, in 1714, they offer up to £20,000 for a solution, - Strangest Things 00:10
So, in 1714, they offer up to £20,000 for a solution,
S01 • E02 [narrator] Enter gentleman scientist, George Merryweather. - Strangest Things 00:05
[narrator] Enter gentleman scientist, George Merryweather.
S01 • E03 [narrator] Before antibiotics, such wounds are often fatal. - Strangest Things 00:05
[narrator] Before antibiotics, such wounds are often fatal.
S01 • E07 But to puzzle, to deceive, to fascinate - Strangest Things 00:09
But to puzzle, to deceive, to fascinate
S01 • E10 Standing just 9 inches tall, - Strangest Things 00:06
Standing just 9 inches tall,
S01 • E02 Merryweather was a doctor of Whitby, and it seems he had all kinds of side interests. - Strangest Things 00:07
Merryweather was a doctor of Whitby, and it seems he had all...
S01 • E09 All of the calculations that went into mathematical tables - Strangest Things 00:08
All of the calculations that went into mathematical tables
S01 • E01 The Drees Moon rock lies forgotten in storage - Strangest Things 00:10
The Drees Moon rock lies forgotten in storage
S01 • E08 It was a huge sum and it wasn't particularly prescriptive. - Strangest Things 00:04
It was a huge sum and it wasn't particularly prescripti...
S01 • E05 [Kevin] There is pyromancy, - Strangest Things 00:17
[Kevin] There is pyromancy,
S01 • E03 He survives. But he loses his right forearm and hand. - Strangest Things 00:06
He survives. But he loses his right forearm and hand.
S01 • E02 He was the curator of the local museum. - Strangest Things 00:05
He was the curator of the local museum.
S01 • E04 [Corey] Mythical figures seem to float - Strangest Things 00:05
[Corey] Mythical figures seem to float
S01 • E10 I can see a wire filament - Strangest Things 00:13
I can see a wire filament
S01 • E08 You know, you could come up with pretty much - Strangest Things 00:05
You know, you could come up with pretty much
S01 • E06 Two thousand years ago in Rome, - Strangest Things 00:06
Two thousand years ago in Rome,
S01 • E09 By human computers, people who'd sit down - Strangest Things 00:06
By human computers, people who'd sit down
S01 • E03 It seems his days as a fighting knight are over. - Strangest Things 00:05
It seems his days as a fighting knight are over.
S01 • E07 [narrator] Maybe the real secret of the Voynich manuscript - Strangest Things 00:08
[narrator] Maybe the real secret of the Voynich manuscript