Architect of the Capitol

 
"Science"
 
"Science"
 
Constantino Brumidi
Fresco
1865
Rotunda
 
Minerva, goddess of wisdom and the arts of civilization, with helmet and spear, points to an electric generator creating power stored in batteries, next to a printing press, while inventors Benjamin Franklin, Samuel F. B. Morse, and Robert Fulton watch. At the left, a teacher demonstrates the use of dividers.
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