Browse Exhibits (5 total)
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.
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.