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Historical Essay

Nuclear Fuel Assembly

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Control rod and replica fuel assembly from Wisconsin's first nuclear power plant. (Museum object 1997.56.13-14)
Historical Essay

Stereo Realist 3-D Camera

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Stereo Realist f3.5 camera made by the David White Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, c. 1951. (Museum object #1980.337)
Historical Essay

Babcock's Revolutionary Dairy Invention

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Babcock butterfat tester set used in Adams County, Wisconsin, c. 1895. (Museum Object #1948.589; donated to WHS by Elsie Schieber Patrick)
Historical Essay

Warner's 'Newfangled' Speedometer

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Warner "Auto-Meter," Model K-2, made by the Warner Instrument Company of Beloit, Wisconsin, c. 1906-1910. (Museum object #1989.81.1)
Historical Essay

First Practical Typewriter

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Sholes & Glidden typewriter developed by Christopher Latham Sholes of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and marketed c. 1874. (Museum object #1964.31)
Historical Essay

Burt's Solar Compass

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Solar Compass used to survey lands in Wisconsin and surrounding areas during the 1840s and 1850s. (Museum object #1962.60.2,A)

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