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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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gas x-ray tube
circa 1907
hand level
1930-1950
optical apparatus?
1935-1950
gas x-ray tube
circa 1910
metabolism cage
circa 1964

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Eastern Science Supply Company

fl. 1910s - 1940s
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Charles Gedney King

1808 - 1858
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L. E. Knott Apparatus Company

1896 - early 1930s
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Chamberlain & Ritchie

fl. 1850 - 1854
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Educational Supply Company

founded 1886

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