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Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 41
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Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 41

by Mark Frauenfelder
September 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
116 pages
5h 53m
English
Make: Community
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Thomas Jefferson:Maker-in-Chief

A peek in the president’s home reveals his penchant for making.

Written and photographed by Forrest M. Mims III image Illustrated by Nate Van Dyke

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THERE IS NO “MAKER IN CHIEF” IN THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, BUT AT LEAST ONE PRESIDENT, THOMAS JEFFERSON, CERTAINLY DESERVES THAT TITLE.

Jefferson is most famous for drafting the Declaration of Independence and serving as the third president of the United States. It’s less well known that he was also an experienced architect, surveyor, locksmith, and amateur scientist. And he was ...

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