Brearley, Harry Chase, 1870-, Ingersoll, Robt. H., & Bro · New York, Pub. by Doubleday, Page & Co. for Robert H. Ingersol & Bros. · leaf 220
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 ofthe… … The First Yankee Clock Maker Eli Terry, America s first clock manufacturer, peddled hiswares among the shrewd, hard-headed sons of Connecticut. me Telling Through the Ages of ingenious mind, skilful fingers, and a; or business,course, the conditions of life in America at that timehad a great deal…
Time measurements · Clocks and watches
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