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Weston Electrical Instrument Corporation, "Measuring invisibles; the fifty-year record of the world's largest manufacturer of electrical measuring instruments". Newark, N.J., Weston Electrical Instrument Corporation, c1938. LCCN 40002525 (ed. Planned and written by F. Lawrence Babcock Associates, New
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in 1893. The cathode in the cell is an amalgam of cadmium with mercury, the anode is of pure mercury and the electrolyte is a solution of cadmium sulphate. The Weston cell is a wet-chemical cell that produces a highly stable voltage suitable as a laboratory standard for calibration of voltmeters.
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after receiving his medical diploma in 1870, where he found a job in the electroplating industry. Realizing the need for a constant source of current, he developed an interest in power generation and invented several dynamos and generators. He eventually co-founded the
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The temperature coefficient was reduced by shifting to an unsaturated design, the predominant type today. When the Weston cell became the International Standard for
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Woodbury, David Oakes, "A measure for greatness; a short biography of Edward Weston". New York, McGraw-Hill, 1949. LCCN 49049451
263:, in 1850 to a merchant family, Weston originally studied medicine but soon became interested in chemistry. He emigrated to the 1263: 926: 529: 1303: 1258: 694: 664: 560: 1071: 1001: 1293: 1006: 776: 281: 1106: 1086: 961: 936: 931: 881: 68: 46: 39: 1036: 1011: 901: 223:(May 9, 1850 – August 20, 1936) was an English-born American chemist and engineer noted for his achievements in 1076: 1051: 1046: 1283: 986: 370:. Also in 1888, Weston became president of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) until 1889. 1182: 966: 853: 582: 1222: 1207: 941: 886: 1253: 832: 285: 284:. Some of his inventions, instruments, and writings are maintained at the university's library and the 1268: 1202: 782: 1172: 1066: 390: 143: 33: 1197: 871: 501: 1137: 1041: 1026: 976: 304: 50: 956: 611: 386: 193: 139: 1248: 1243: 1152: 896: 891: 631: 228: 8: 1192: 379: 158: 1187: 718: 273: 521: 1157: 356: 308: 1212: 911: 686: 656: 618: 564: 557: 364: 344: 280:. Weston was a founding member of the board of trustees of what later became the 277: 770: 477: 224: 207: 485: 431: 417: 1237: 460: 453: 446: 439: 425: 411: 264: 240: 1142: 200: 484:
and widely distributed since the 1930s, and established the system of the
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in the early days of electricity generation and distribution.
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Weston cell
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