Brearley, Harry Chase, 1870-, Ingersoll, Robt. H., & Bro · New York, Pub. by Doubleday, Page & Co. for Robert H. Ingersol & Bros. · leaf 258
Quantity Production in 1850 When P. S. Bartlett boasted that his company was making seven watches a day, his friends laughed, PFhy, where could you SELL seven watches a day? Oj8l MI viOIT0UaOil4 YTITVIAUQ* ViWoi ^•\^Avi5 ^^5\^** ^^^A^vjSi\ i^iiiinX ijA ,v:r»^ Ki i^Aiia^ i^^15^1 … Checkered History unless It were widely and accurately measured, which, inturn, implied the universal use of the watch. The later history of American watch-making is, there-fore, a story of the formation of many companies, thefailure of most, and survival in the case of comparativelyfew. In the…
Time measurements · Clocks and watches
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