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.
Peep-Sight Alidade: Mapping our World
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Examining the local and global persepectives afforded by Hall's scientific instruments.
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.