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Term: United States

Description

Settled 40,000 years ago by ancestors of Amerindians; diverse cultures developed; Spanish, French, British & others settled here from 16th cen., native cultures were largely destroyed; nation expanded westward through 19th cen.; had Civil War in 1860s; of

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Beckman quartz spectrophotometer
after 1940
glass plate
late 19th-early 20th Century
liquid-filled glass bulb
1870-1920
part from meteorograph
late 19th-early 20th Century
1 bottle mercury to be used in meteorological experiments
mid 19th-late 19th Century

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Valvo (Philips)

1932 - 1999
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Philip G. Zimbardo

born 1933
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George W. Gates & Company

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Rochester Optical & Camera Company

1899 - 1907
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K. K. Bosse

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