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Term: Newark

Description

Largest city in New Jersey, located on Newark Bay & Passaic River 9 miles from New York City; supply base for Washington during Revolution in 1776; is major regional industrial center; noted for many inventors & writers; site of race riots in 1967. BGN 19

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light meter and pair of photocells
circa 1933
radio tube demonstration panel
1930
switchboard meter
circa 1920
exposed Weston A.C. ammeter on a wooden base
1920-1930
wattmeter
circa 1925

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J. L. Hammett Company

1863 - 2005
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Van Dyke Laboratories

fl 1920s
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Arcturus Radio Company

founded 1927
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Superior Air Products Company

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General Electric Company

1892-present

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