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- Collection: Early nineteenth century instruments of natural philosophy brought to Middlebury College from Europe by Professor Frederick T. Hall
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Surveying Tool. William Harris and Company. London c. 1817
Surveying Tool. William Harris and Company. London c. 1817. This tool is likely missing an eye-piece.
Peep-Sight Alidade
A surveying tool brought back to Middlebury by Frederick Hall after his travels throughout Europe.
Camera Lucida, William and Harris and Company, London circa 1809.
Object in the collection of former Middlebury Professor Frederick Hall's collection of scientific instruments, used to help copy an observed object onto paper.
Orrery
Orrery made by William Harris and Co. in 1804
Galvanic Pile
A galvanic pile owned by Fredrick Hall, a Middlebury Professor
Specific Gravity Beads
Nineteenth century scientific measurement tool for the specific gravities of liquids
Vacuum Air Pump
This air pump was used to suck out air to make the tube a vacuum space.
Middlebury College Course Catalog 1818
Course of study catalog for Middlebury College, includes professor Frederick Hall and the course of study planned for each of the four years towards the Baccalaureate degree
Forty etchings : from sketches made with the camera lucida, in North America, in 1827 and 1828 ... / By Captain Basil Hall.
Map of the United States and Canada shewing Capt.n Hall's route through those countries in 1827 & 1828.