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John Muir Clock

Date: 1863
Description: Watercolor illustration of a clock.
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Barometer

Date: 1863
Description: Watercolor illustration of a barometer designed by John Muir in his boyhood.
Drawing

John Muir Invention

Date: 1863
Description: A sketch of an invention by John Muir.
Drawing

John Muir Invention

Date: 1863
Description: A watercolor illustration of a combined thermometer, hygrometer, barometer, and pyrometer.
Drawing

Invention by John Muir

Date: 1863
Description: Watercolor of an invention by John Muir.
Drawing

Chair Invention

Date: 1863
Description: A sketch of a chair invention by John Muir.
Drawing

John Muir Clock

Date: 1863
Description: Muir's illustration of a means to record time by use of a star. He titled the drawing "The star hand rising and setting with the sun all the year".
Drawing

Fancake Draught

Date: 1863
Description: A John Muir sketch of a fancake draught of sawframe with crankshaft in position. Scale two inches per foot. Depth of frame 5 1/2 inches. Speed of cranks...
Drawing

Graph Invention

Date: 1863
Description: A sketch of a graph-making invention.
Drawing

Pulleys on Crankshafts

Date: 1863
Description: A sketch of pulleys on crankshafts.
Photograph

Ventilator Testing Cylinder

Date: 11 05 1954
Description: Man operating a ventilator testing cylinder at W.R. Carnes Company.
Photograph

Carnes Company Testing Room

Date: 11 05 1954
Description: Man standing on a platform ladder adjusting a ceiling ventilator in the testing room at W.R. Carnes Company, wide angle view.
Photograph

Woman Catching Bees

Date: 
Description: A woman demonstrates the use of a homemade bee catcher on a tree in her yard.
Photograph

Queen Bee Mailing Cage

Date: 1916
Description: Postcard including a photograph of a device used to transport a queen bee. On it is also an advertisement for ordering queen bees.
Photograph

Football Player on Scale

Date: 11 24 1944
Description: A football player stands on scale weighing in at 183 lbs. A second player is standing nearby.
Photograph

Football Player on Scale

Date: 11 24 1944
Description: A football player standing on a scale.
Photograph

Weighing a Turkey

Date: 11 1947
Description: A worker at Frank Lyons Turkey Farm, Verona, is weighing a turkey as two girls are looking on.
Photograph

Forest Products Laboratory, Aerial View

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of the Forest Products Laboratory, 1 Gifford Pinchot Drive.
Photograph

Edgewood College Laboratory

Date: 1958
Description: The Mazzuchelli Biological Laboratory at Edgewood College.
Photograph

Antenna Reflector Array from the Saturn/Apollo Mission

Date: 1967
Description: Illustration of the Antenna Reflector Array used on the Saturn/Apollo Mission, 1967-70. The Array was manufactured by International Harvester Company's sub...

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