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Time telling through the ages (1919)

Brearley, Harry Chase, 1870-, Ingersoll, Robt. H., & Bro · New York, Pub. by Doubleday, Page & Co. for Robert H. Ingersol & Bros. · leaf 143

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tiently in their little home shops, making some singlewatch-part and making it extremely well, while the so-called manufacturer bought up these separate parts, andassembled them into watches. What was the fusee that brought about such a change.?Not much to look at, surely—merely a short cone with… … <JhCainspring barrel and Fusee is why it was a great invention. Some one has said thatanyone can invent a complicated machine to do a piece ofwork, but it takes real brains to make a simple machinethat will do the same work. The shaft of the fusee was attached to the great wheelwhich drove the…

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