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THE work of a prolific Oswestry-born inventor and industrialist will be showcased at a new military photography exhibition at Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery. Entitled "Defence Through the Lens", the exhibition at Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery offers an overview of 100 years of military photography and includes devices designed by the electrical engineer Edward Weston. Born in 1850, Weston was noted for his engineering achievements and his development of the electrochemical cell, named the Weston cell.

He emigrated to the United States after receiving his medical diploma in 1870, where he secured a job in the electroplating industry. During his nascent Stateside career he created improvements to existing electro-plating tech-nology and is credited with revolutionising the industry. Recognising the public's demand for a constant source of current, he strove to create dynamos that were superior to the batteries prevalent at the time.

He developed an interest in power generation, invented several dynamos and generators and even rivalled the venerable Thomas Edison in the early days of electricity generation and distribution. He eventually co-founded the Weston Electric Light Company in Newark, New Jersey and later won the contract to illuminate the Brooklyn Bridge. In 1888 he formed the Weston Electrical Instrument Corpor-ation which became renowned for its, ammeters, wattmeters, and handheld light meters which were used extensively in photography. Weston was a founding member of the board of trustees of what later became the New Jersey Institute of Technology, where a selection of his inventions, instruments, and writings are maintained at the university's library and its dedicated Weston Museum. He became a US citizen in 1923 and in later years received the Lamme Medal for his "achievements in the development of electrical apparatus", especially in connection with precision measuring instruments.

He died in Montclair, New Jersey in 1936, having attained 334 United States patents during his lifetime of prodigious invention.

A selection of light meters from the company Weston formed will be on show at the Shrewsbury exhibition. It will also feature the very best work of photographers from the Army, Navy and Royal Air Force with striking images from conflicts beginning with World War I to Iraq and Afghanistan, to peacetime training at the school and nearby locations. Jon Jarvis, head of the Defence School of Photography, said: "We have created a centenary exhibition at the school, which has been much enjoyed by those who have seen it. "Now we can take a selection of photos and artefacts on tour for a wider audience to enjoy at Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery. "The balcony there gives us an ideal opportunity to display some of our students' work and to celebrate a hundred years of photography by the armed forces."
The exhibition opens at 10am daily and runs until January 10th (2016).