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When the British Museumacquired this object it came with a little note "The claim," This...

When the British Museum
acquired this object it came with a little note "The claim," This was the stone with which Doctor Dee
called his spirits."

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When the British Museum acquired this object
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it came with a little note
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"The claim," This was the stone
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with which Doctor Dee called his spirits."
Duration
11 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:49
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
7
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 • E02 The leech looks like a really primitive thing, just kind of a slug. - Strangest Things 00:05
The leech looks like a really primitive thing, just kind of ...
S01 • E10 This create another spark in a receiver several feet away. - Strangest Things 00:05
This create another spark in a receiver several feet away.
S01 • E09 And it will do this using a mathematical approach - Strangest Things 00:09
And it will do this using a mathematical approach
S01 • E05 Each row of mother dots produces another daughter - Strangest Things 00:06
Each row of mother dots produces another daughter
S01 • E01 The problem is neither of those are found on the Moon. - Strangest Things 00:05
The problem is neither of those are found on the Moon.
S01 • E08 To win the top prize from the British government, - Strangest Things 00:07
To win the top prize from the British government,
S01 • E04 For centuries, its secrets remained a mystery. - Strangest Things 00:05
For centuries, its secrets remained a mystery.
S01 • E02 But actually, it's an amazingly sophisticated creature. - Strangest Things 00:06
But actually, it's an amazingly sophisticated creature.
S01 • E05 Then from each pair of mothers and daughters, - Strangest Things 00:06
Then from each pair of mothers and daughters,
S01 • E06 It may just be a question of right time, right place. - Strangest Things 00:05
It may just be a question of right time, right place.
S01 • E04 Studying the cup under a normal microscope reveals... - Strangest Things 00:05
Studying the cup under a normal microscope reveals...
S01 • E02 [Dr. Benecke] They're worms. They're not slugs or snails. - Strangest Things 00:04
[Dr. Benecke] They're worms. They're not slugs or ...
S01 • E08 [Tim] In order to achieve that prize, - Strangest Things 00:06
[Tim] In order to achieve that prize,
S01 • E10 The thought was an electricity require a flow through a wire. - Strangest Things 00:04
The thought was an electricity require a flow through a wire...
S01 • E03 [narrator] What Gotz comes up with - Strangest Things 00:06
[narrator] What Gotz comes up with
S01 • E05 [Andrew] You move across those rows - Strangest Things 00:05
[Andrew] You move across those rows
S01 • E10 So this notion that we could actually have electricity flow - Strangest Things 00:08
So this notion that we could actually have electricity flow
S01 • E06 In Europe during the Victorian era, - Strangest Things 00:07
In Europe during the Victorian era,
S01 • E09 In 1823, Babbage persuades the British government - Strangest Things 00:11
In 1823, Babbage persuades the British government
S01 • E08 [narrator] Accurate enough clocks do exist, - Strangest Things 00:10
[narrator] Accurate enough clocks do exist,