Brearley, Harry Chase, 1870-1940, Ingersoll, Robt. H., & Bro · New York : Pub. by Doubleday, Page & Co. for Robert H. Ingersol & Bros. · leaf 230
asthriftily as they saved everything else. Not one person outof hundreds, in a country where a living must be wrungfrom the soil by means of hard work, could afford to ownanything so expensive as a watch, but every one felt it nec-essary to have a clock, if possible, and it became one ofthe… … The First Yankee Clock Maker Eli Terry, Americas first clock manufacturer, peddled his wares among the shrewd, hard-headed sons of Connecticut.
Time measurements · Clocks and watches
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