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Located in N central Connecticut; formed Connecticut Colony in 1639 & accepted 1st written constitution in America (Fundamental Orders); given royal charter in 1662; governor Andros made unsuccessful attempt to seize state in 1687. Capital of State of Con

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Gerber GraphAnalogue
circa 1950
Gerber variable scale
circa 1950
Beggs deformeter gauges
early 20th-mid 20th Century
Mark Twain's compound microscope
circa 1880
almucantar
1884-1910

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Gerber Scientific Inc.

1948-present
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Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company

fl. 1851 - 1880
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C. D. Tuska Company

1920 - 1925
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Veeder-Root Inc.

founded 1928
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Sargent & Company

1858 - 1967

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