Brearley, Harry Chase, 1870-, Ingersoll, Robt. H., & Bro · New York, Pub. by Doubleday, Page & Co. for Robert H. Ingersol & Bros. · leaf 184
me complete, for the bull-dog quality in the Englishman has always made him holdfast to his ideas. Habits died hard, and the old methodswere changed slowly and under protest, even when thesechanges spelled progress. At first, as we have seen, the watch was the work of oneman and of his assistants,… … Late—In Spite of His Two Watches The gallant of Colonial times often carried two watches, as wasthe fashion, but often they were both unreliable. relling Through the Ages h less than a half-inch in diameter—so smallvorn set in a ring; but when King George IIIbought the masterpiece, and the Empress…
Time measurements · Clocks and watches
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