Browse Exhibits (3 total)

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. 

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Peep-Sight Alidade: Mapping our World

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Examining the local and global persepectives afforded by Hall's scientific instruments.

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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.

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