Brearley, Harry Chase, 1870-, Ingersoll, Robt. H., & Bro · New York, Pub. by Doubleday, Page & Co. for Robert H. Ingersol & Bros. · leaf 222
d for us to imagine the conditions which pre-hen our whole p< is a mere fringe of tic seaboard; when ■ attan Still, ancestors mtes in order to save them as rything else. Not one person out of h i country where a living must be wrung by means of han >uld afford to own isive as a watch, b -ne… … How An American Industry Came on Horseback at low cost. What was needed, therefore, was a clock thatwould keep time and cost not a cent more than was abso-lutely necessary. The American industry was forced tostart upon a basis entirely different from that of Europe. As Eli Terrys business grew, he…
Time measurements · Clocks and watches
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