Science & Exploration
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Articles on Jefferson's lifelong interest in science, exploration, and technology written by Monticello researchers and scholars.
- Aaron Arrowsmith Maps of Africa, Asia, and Europe
- Aimé Jacques Alexandre Bonpland (Silhouette)
- American Bison Fossil
- American Moose
- American Philosophical Society
- Anthony Fothergill (Silhouette)
- Astoria
- Astronomical Clock
- Benjamin Waterhouse
- Big Bone Lick, Kentucky
- Camera Obscura
- Clocks and Timekeeping
- Coin Collection
- Concave Mirror
- Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
- Currency
- David Rittenhouse
- David Rittenhouse (Engraving)
- Desalinization of Sea Water
- Dynamometer
- Elk Antlers
- Erie Canal
- Eyeglasses
- Francis Walker Gilmer
- Geology
- George Gilmer
- Grizzly Bears
- Hand Magnifier
- Hand Telescope
- Hessian Fly
- Indian Peace Medals
- Inoculation
- Isolated Molars of Mastodon
- Jefferson and Exhibitions
- Jefferson's Excavation of a Native American Burial Mound
- Jeffersonite
- John Melish
- John Vaughan
- José Correia da Serra
- Joseph Priestley
- Joshua Fry
- Journey through France and Italy (1787)
- Lamps
- Lewis and Clark Plants at Monticello
- Little short of madness...(Quotation)
- Longitude
- Louisiana Purchase
- Map of Asia (1801)
- Medicinal Springs
- Medicine
- Mediterranean Journey (1787)
- Megalonyx Jeffersonii Fossils
- Meriwether Lewis
- Micrometer
- Microscopes
- Moldboard Plow
- Moose Antlers
- Native American Silhouettes
- Native Americans
- Nicholas Collin (Silhouette)
- Northern Tour of 1791
- Notes on the State of Virginia
- Odometer
- Old Style (O.S.)
- Orrery
- Patent Storage
- Patents
- Peaks of Otter
- Perspective Glass
- Political Origins of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
- Preparations for the Lewis and Clark Expedition
- Pyramid of Cheops (Model)
- Quotations on Botany
- Red River Expedition
- Return of Lewis and Clark
- Sagessaga (Silhouette)
- Samuel Mitchill
- Shegagahega (Silhouette)
- Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford
- Species Extinction
- Spherical Sundial
- Steam
- Survey of the Coast
- Surveying
- Surveying Compass
- System of Nature
- Tahawarra (Silhouette)
- Telescope
- The Eruption of Mount Tambora
- The Lewis & Clark Expedition
- Theodolite
- Thermometers
- Thomas Moore's Portable Refrigerator
- Thoracic Vertebra of Mastodon
- Ulna of Mastodon
- Unidentified American Indian Chief (Silhouette)
- Upper Jawbone of Mastodon
- Virginia Society for the Promotion of Useful Knowledge
- Weather Observations
- Western Exploration
- Wheel Cipher
- William Bartram
- William Dunbar
- William Tatham
- Zebulon Pike