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Located on Charles River; famed for 17th-cen. universities & religious congregations; first Massachusetts Constitutional Convention met here 1779-1780; famous natives include authors Longfellow & Oliver Wendell Holmes, & religious leader Mary Baker Eddy.

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glass samples in cardboard box
circa 1940
chord and falling bodies apparatus
1810-1830
assorted packing washers for sealing high-pressure pistons
circa 1930
lantern slides on atomic physics in three drawer wooden cabinet
1930-1960
lantern slides on mechanics and elementary particles in wooden cabinet
1930-1960

People

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Edwin C. Kemble

1889 - 1984
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George W. Pierce

1872 - 1956
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David Osier

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William Dandridge Peck

1763 - 1822
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F. L. Collyer

ca. 1890 - 1920

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