American horological journal, devoted to practical horology (1869)
Miller, George B · New York, G. B. Miller · leaf 132
quently condemned them as a class—condemnedthe principle because the badly constructed ma-chines did not properly illustrate it … Our predecessors were not wholly blamablefor the character of the machines they pro-duced, for, as has been shown, the more perfectthe machine the more perfect the work it pro- duces. The modern demand for fine machineryin all departments of the mechanic arts hasbrought about the construction of…
Clocks and watches
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