The NJIT library has a number of instruments and devices from Edward Weston's Newark laboratory. Edward Weston was an rival of Thomas Edison in the early development of electricity. He was also an early contributor to the founding of the Newark Technical School--which eventually became New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). Weston Hall at NJIT is named for him and for his son--Edward Faraday Weston.
Location of the Weston Museum
The museum is on the 1st and 3rd floor (near the elevator) of the Van Houten Library.
Images from the plaque mounted in Weston Hall: Plaque
A selection of images from the Weston Museum in the Robert W. Van Houten Library: Images
Other links to online information about Edward Weston and the Weston Electrical Instrument Company:
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13 x 18 sepia-toned photograph of the interior of Weston's laboratory
Caption on original:
Laboratory of Edward Weston,
107 Orange Street, Newark, N.J.
PHYSICAL LABORATORY.
Original photo currently (March 2000) in Van Houten Library rare book room.