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Written by Mike Lally ’18 While organizing and cataloging the Science Antiques Collection Wendy and I came across a wooden box, standing about a 18 inches high and 10 inches deep. Inside was a mechanism that appeared to be a brass structure inside what can only be described as a birdcage. The item slides out […]…Continue Reading Armstrong Treasure Hunt: Quadrant Electrometer

On the first day of cataloging the vast array of equipment held in Bicentennial Hall, I came across a small wooden box. Inside the silk lined box are 31 hand blown glass beads with number painted on in gold paint, and a bone slide rule. Engraved on a small ivory plaque on the lid of […]…Continue Reading Armstrong Treasure Hunt: “Philosophical Beads”