The Weston Electrical Instrument Company of Newark, NJ was founded by Edward Weston (1850-1936) and became one of the leading companies in the late 19th century manufacturing electrical lights and other instruments, including high grade electric measuring intruments. By 1921 the company employed a workforce of 900, with a large number of skille instrument and toolmakers.

In 1908 Boonton Rubber Company made its veyr first commerical Bakelite moldings for Weston electirc. They were tiny bushings for a precision electrical instrument.

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Meikle,Jeffrey L. American Plastics: A Cultural History, 43

Morris, John Van Liew. Training and education in the industry as a means of vocational education being a study of the training and education departments of various industrial corporations (NY: Columbia Univ., 1921) (Google eBook)..., 150-151.