The Weston Museum

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 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 3rd floor of the Van Houten Library, near the elevator.

Images from the plaque mounted in Weston Hall: Plaque
Slide show of items in the Weston Museum: Slide Show
Other links to information online about Edward Weston and the Weston Electrical Instrument Company:
- weston.ftldesign.com
- www.bulbcollector.com
- www.westonaero.com/about_us/enfield.stm
- www.johndesq.com/WestonMaster/edward.htm
- www.njinvent.org/1990/hall_of_fame_1990/edward_weston.html
- www.humboldt.edu/~scimus/Manufac/Weston.htm
- americanhistory.si.edu/index.cfm
  Search results at the National Museum of Natural History
- www.ieee.org/web/aboutus/history_center/
  Search their site
- www.ieee.org/portal/pages/about/awards/pr/lammepr.html --
  IEEE LAMME MEDAL RECIPIENTS, 1932 - EDWARD WESTON

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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.