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Reproduction of Jefferson's Revolving Bookstand
Reproduction of Jefferson's Revolving Bookstand

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Inventions and Innovations

Examples of Jefferson's Inventiveness

Moldboard Plow of Least Resistance
Moldboard Plow of Least Resistance
Reproduction of Jefferson's Wheel Cipher
Wheel Cipher
Reproduction of Jefferson's Spherical Sundial
Spherical Sundial

Innovations Employed at Monticello by Jefferson

Jefferson's Revolving Bookstand
Revolving Bookstand
Jefferson's Polygraph or Copying Machine
Polygraph (Copying) Machine
MoMonticello's Great Clock
Monticello's Great Clock
East Portico showing Great Clock and Weathervane Compass
Great Clock and Weathervane Compass Rose under the Northeast Portico
Monticello's Weathervane
Weathervane Connected to Compass Rose below Pediment
Compass connected to Weathervane on Monticello's East Pediment
Closeup of Weathervane Compass Rose
Jefferson's Concave Mirror
Concave Mirror

Dumbwaiter service
Dumbwaiter
Dumbwaiter from Dining Room to Wine Cellar
Wine Dumbwaiter
Orrery, model of the Solar System
Orrery (Model of Solar System)

Solar Microscope
Solar Microscope
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