Browse Exhibits (12 total)
Looking glass shard
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A broken piece of a looking glass that was brought from England by the first English settlers in the New World.
Locally Crafted Watch: Odd Gift, yet Beautifully Crafted
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This watch was made in Middlebury, Vermont during the mid to late 19th century, unconventially using ivory to craft the interworkings.
A pocket compass (not the one on your phone)
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An 18th century pocket compass, originally belonged to Ebenezer Markham, and later donated to Henry Sheldon in 1900.
-- A journey into the past to understand the present--
-- A great leap foward often requires taking two steps back--
Forks: Not Just for Eating Cows
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Analyzing how people in the 19th century viewed anecdotal oddities from their region.
Alden House Wooden Cup
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This wooden cup was made from the wood that was used to build the famous Alden House in Duxbury, Massachusetts.
Camera Lucida
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A Camera Lucida preserved in Middlebury Special Collections. Brought over from England along with many other scientific instruments by Frederick Hall, a Middlebury Natural Philosophy professor in the early 1800's.
Peep-Sight Alidade: Mapping our World
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Examining the local and global persepectives afforded by Hall's scientific instruments.
Specific Gravity Beads
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Specific gravity beads made in Scotland and brought to Middlebury by Frederick Hall.
Vacuum Air Pump
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This is an air pump brought back from London by Frederick Hall, a professor at Middlebury College. It was used to suck out air to make the tube a vacuum space.