Isaac Newton and the Tower of London
Historic Royal Palaces Podcast
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'Tin Watches With Dildos'
William Chaloner was a formidable character, but he wasn't of a mind to starve. His biographer describes him as making tin watches with dildos in them. Dildos at that time had two common meanings: decoration and what you think it is. The Museum of London told me they were pewter objects, not tin.
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