Brearley, Harry Chase, 1870-, Ingersoll, Robt. H., & Bro · New York, Pub. by Doubleday, Page & Co. for Robert H. Ingersol & Bros. · leaf 174
Imagine such a name being chosen to-day! The Worshipful Clock-makers Company the original ; baqsrici jIoo9 of the business in Eng- land. It was not at all :£J5§I_0&?fnodern companies but was one of those great trade guilds which played such an imp* art in the development of European industry.… … The Worshipful Company7 and English Watchmaking take; it was in many ways quite different. Perhaps onemight call it a sort of a cross between a labor-union and amanufacturing trust. Within a certain district, all whowere occupied in a particular business were required tobelong to the guild;…
Time measurements · Clocks and watches
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