Brearley, Harry Chase, 1870-, Ingersoll, Robt. H., & Bro · New York, Pub. by Doubleday, Page & Co. for Robert H. Ingersol & Bros. · leaf 136
and in any position, indicatetime for forty hours and strike, and which can be carriedin the purse as well as in the pocket. There was, however, no invention of any such thing aswe mean by the term watch to-day that came completefrom the mind of any one man, but the contrivancegradually grew, in… … The Firs I Pocket Time Piece In Shakespears play, As You Like It, Touchstone, the Fool, draws forth a pocket sun dial, which probably was of the napkin ring type. Time Telling Through the Ages curn^- ^ n:. so, instead of improving them, people com- . each other in devising novel and ingenious ihere…
Time measurements · Clocks and watches
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