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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 220

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ave them 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… … The First Yankee Clock Maker Eli Terry^ America s first clock ma^iufacturer, peddled hiswares amotig the shrewd, hard-headed sons of Co7inecticut. Time Celling Through the Ages combination of ingenious mind, skilful fingers, and aknack for business Of course, the conditions of life in America at…

Time measurements · Clocks and watches

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