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Gettysburg Battleground

Date: 1863
Description: Stereograph of Gettysburg battlefield showing trees and a stump. Handwritten on reverse, "On the right of our line." This is probably a reference to the te...
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Wisconsin State Assembly

Date: 1863
Description: Wisconsin State Assembly members of 1863.
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John Muir's Clock Design

Date: 1863
Description: Sketch of John Muir's clock design.The built clock was a combination of scythes, wheels and arrows. A rough bough of burr oak was set upon a base incrusted...
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John Muir's Drawing of a Table Saw

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

Date: 1863
Description: Elevated view of the steamboat Golden Era, which did service during the Civil War, docked near buildings. It was sold to Michael Purcell of New Orle...
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Union Army Officers in the Field

Date: 1863
Description: Union army officers. From left are: General U.S. Grant, General Rawlins, General Webster, Colonel Lagow, and Colonel Killyer take a break.
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Civil War Soldiers

Date: 1863
Description: The men in this tintype image were among 500 soldiers taken prisoner at Brentwood on March 25, 1863 and sent to Richmond. They were exchanged for Confedera...
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St. John Chrysostom Episcopal Church

Date: 1863
Description: Exterior of St. John Chrysostom Episcopal Church, with trees and a fence in the foreground.
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Sketch of Machine Parts

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

John Muir's Thermometer

Date: 1863
Description: A sketch of a thermometer. Quoting from Muir's autobiography "My Boyhood and Youth" he described the thermometer as "made of an iron rod, about three feet ...
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Barometer Gauge

Date: 1863
Description: A gauge part of a barometer.
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A Muir Clock

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

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

Date: 1863
Description: A watercolor illustration of a combined thermometer, hygrometer, barometer, and pyrometer.
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Invention by John Muir

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

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

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