Vote for Thomas Jefferson
Does your soil have what it takes?
Democratic Republican
- Rule by the people
- Strong state governments
- Emphasis on agriculture
- Strict interpretation on Constitution
- French alliance
- State Banks
- Free trade
Mouldboard Iron Plow
Thomas Jefferson invented this new type of plow after being in France and observing their plows. This plow is designed to dig under the surface and flip the sod so it is ready to seed.
Wheel Cipher
While serving as George Washington's secretary of state, Thomas Jefferson devised a method to encode and decode messages. This wheel consisted of twenty-six wooden pieces, the letters of the alphabet were inscribed on the edge of each wheel in a random order. Turning these wheels, words could be scrambled and unscrambled.
Spherical Sundial
The spherical sundial was a wooden sphere invented by Jefferson, 10.5 inches in diameter, made at Monticello sometime between August 1809 and before September 1816. .The horizontal lines were drawn for the Tropic of Cancer, the Equator, and the Tropic of Capricorn. Vertical lines extended from tropic to tropic represent the hours of the day, indicated by Roman numerals.