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Term: Boston

Description

Located on Charles river; site of key pre-Revolutionary War events, Boston Massacre 1770 & Boston Tea Party 1773; expanded with textile mills, shipbuilding & trade 18th-19th cen.; noted for Faneuil Hall (1742-1805) & Paul Revere House (1680). on point of

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tripod for surveyor's compass
circa 1830
56-hour marine chronometer
circa 1860
balance
1910-1920
21 teeth in vials
circa 1900
tangent galvanometer
circa 1870

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E. S. Ritchie & Sons

founded 1867
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Judge Baker Foundation

1917-present
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A. T. Thompson & Company

fl. 1871 - 1925
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Aaron Palmer

mid-1800s
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Master Motion Picture Company

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