Jefferson described the Polygraph as "the finest invention of the present age." Monticello guide Charles Morrill, who's been working on reproductions of various versions of the Polygraphs Jefferson owned, describes the device's importance to Jefferson. The Polygraph appears courtesy the University of Virginia.
Thomas Jefferson's Polygraph
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