Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes ProCon History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture Money Videos
Edward Weston
Table of Contents
Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics
Images
Edward Weston
Read Next
molecule model, element
Molecular Machines: Making for the Future
A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England
Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
Centimetres vs inches, metal rulers on a white background with clipping path.
15 Questions About Units of Measurement Answered
Discover
Los Angeles Police Department wanted flyer on Elizabeth Short, aka the "Black Dahlia," who was brutally murdered in January 1947. The FBI supported the Los Angeles Police Department in the case, including by identifying Short through her fingerprints that
America’s 5 Most Notorious Cold Cases (Including One You May Have Thought Was Already Solved)
New York NY/ USA- November 23, 2018 Hordes of shoppers throng the Macy's Herald Square flagship store in New York looking for bargains on the day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday.
Why Is It Called Black Friday?
Title: Senate Square, St. Petersburg, December 14, 1825: repression of the troop mutiny - watercolor by Carl Ivanovitch Kollman, 1825 depicts Decembrist uprising clashing with cavalry, with spectators watching. (new style December 26, 1825) Europe. Saint
8 of the Largest Empires in History
Thanksgiving Turkey with all the sides
Why Do We Eat Turkey on Thanksgiving?
Diverse elementary school children wearing school uniforms running outside of school. Boys girls
Pro and Con: School Uniforms
Baseball laying in the grass. Homepage blog 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society, sports and games athletics
10 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time
Santa Claus flying in his sleigh, christmas, reindeer
Was Santa Claus a Real Person?

Edward Weston: Facts & Related Content

verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://www.britannica.com/facts/Edward-Weston-American-engineer-and-industrialist
Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Born May 9, 1850 • near Wolverhampton • England
Died August 20, 1936 (aged 86) • Montclair • New Jersey
Subjects Of Study electroplating

Photos

Edward Weston
See All Images →
Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton
British inventor
Brush, Charles Francis
Charles Francis Brush
American inventor and industrialist
Jesse Ramsden
British tool maker
Werner von Siemens, drawing by Ismael Gentz, 1887
Werner von Siemens
German electrical engineer
Charles Steinmetz.
Charles Proteus Steinmetz
American engineer
Oliver Evans.
Oliver Evans
American inventor
William P. Lear
American engineer and industrialist
Elmer Ambrose Sperry
American inventor
Arkwright, detail of an engraving by J. Jenkins after a portrait by Joseph Wright
Sir Richard Arkwright
British industrialist and inventor
Henry Maudslay
British engineer and inventor
Samuel Cunliffe Lister, 1st Baron Masham
British inventor
William George Armstrong, c. 1870
William George Armstrong, Baron Armstrong
British engineer
Vincent Bendix
American inventor and industrialist
George Dollond
British optician
Edwin James Houston
American engineer
Peter Dollond
British optician
William Greener
British inventor and gunsmith
Ebenezer Kinnersley
American scientist
Sir Marc Isambard Brunel
Sir Marc Isambard Brunel
French-British engineer
John Hopkinson
British physicist