The Weston Museum | Robert W. Van Houten Library

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
Slide show of items in the Weston Museum: Slide Show
Other links to online information about Edward Weston and the Weston Electrical Instrument Company:
Search results at the National Museum of American History
Search IEEE:
- Edward Weston
- Milestones: Weston Meters
- Weston Was the Icon of Meters in Japan
- The History of Electric Measuring Instruments and Active Components
- IEEE Johnstown Section History and Officers
- IEEE LAMME Medal Recipients, 1932 - Edward Weston
  "For his achievements in the development of electrical apparatus, especially in connection with precision measuring instruments."

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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.