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Pulleys on Crankshafts

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

Graph Invention

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

John Muir Clock

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

Invention by John Muir

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

Sketch of Machine Parts

Date: 1863
Description: A sketch of mechanical parts for an invention.
Drawing

John Muir Invention

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

A Muir Clock

Date: 1863
Description: A sketch of a clock design by John Muir.
Drawing

Chair Invention

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

Thomas Alva Edison

Date: 
Description: Portrait of Thomas A. Edison.
Drawing

John Muir Invention

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

Barometer

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

Model of a Windmill

Date: 
Description: Model of an improved windmill design.
Photograph

John Muir Clock

Date: 
Description: Detail of clock design by John Muir.
Drawing

John Muir's Drawing of a Table Saw

Date: 1863
Description: A diagram of a table saw, designed and drawn by John Muir.
Photograph

Thomas A. Edison

Date: 
Description: Quarter-length portrait of a young Thomas Alva Edison.
Drawing

Barometer Gauge

Date: 1863
Description: A gauge part of a barometer.
Photograph

John Muir Clock

Date: 
Description: Detail of clock design by John Muir.
Print

American Inventors

Date: 1900
Description: Cigar box label with portraits of inventors Thomas Edison, Eli Whitney, Robert Fulton, Cyrus McCormick, Richard March Hoe. Around the edges are illustratio...
Photograph

Limnological Research on Ice

Date: 
Description: Dr. Edward Birge, March, and Professor Chancey Juday with the first mud thermometer on the ice.
Historical Object

Limnology Apparatus

Date: 1890
Description: Apparatus for limnological research conducted at Trout Lake, Wisconsin and elsewhere.

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