The American watchmaker and jeweler; an encyclopedia for the horologist, jeweler, gold and silversmith .. . l, in 182:^. In 1824 he organ-ized a company for the manufacture of 1838 he put the first brass clock upon themarket. In 1842 he introduced these brass clocksin England, being the first American manufac-turer of clocks who succeeded in establishing aIn 1850 he organized the Jerome ManufacturingCompany, which carried on the large clock business of its time. Owingto poor management the company failed in 1855, and Jerome, althougha very rich man at one time, was hopelessly ruined
The American watchmaker and jeweler; an encyclopedia for the horologist, jeweler, gold and silversmith .. . l, in 182:^. In 1824 he organ-ized a company for the manufacture of 1838 he put the first brass clock upon themarket. In 1842 he introduced these brass clocksin England, being the first American manufac-turer of clocks who succeeded in establishing aIn 1850 he organized the Jerome ManufacturingCompany, which carried on the large clock business of its time. Owingto poor management the company failed in 1855, and Jerome, althougha very rich man at one time, was hopelessly ruined by this company was succeeded by the New Haven Clock Company. JEWEL. In watch work, a stone having a hole pierced in it for thereception of a pivot. To Nicholas Facio, a native of Genoa, is attributedthe invention of piercing stones for this purpose, early in the eighteenth•century. See Facio. JEWEL HOLDER. This tool, which is shown in Fig. 179, isintended for holding jewels when cleaning and manipulating, and is farsuperior to the ordinary tweezers as it holds the jewel firmly and there. Chauncey with England.
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