. History of New Haven County, Connecticut . HISTORY OF NEW KAVEN COUNTY. 523 It was in the winter of 1872 that he came again to America andbegan a manufacturing business in Ansonia. And while thus em-ployed he also surveyed and mapped out Ansonia in detail accordingto the German system, to be used as a basis for all public works. Butin 1874 he moved to the West. In 1876 he returned again to Ansonia,and purchased a spectacle factory. Not until now did he enter thefield where his inventive turn of mind and his thorough training inthe engineering schools of Germany might have full opportunity fo
. History of New Haven County, Connecticut . HISTORY OF NEW KAVEN COUNTY. 523 It was in the winter of 1872 that he came again to America andbegan a manufacturing business in Ansonia. And while thus em-ployed he also surveyed and mapped out Ansonia in detail accordingto the German system, to be used as a basis for all public works. Butin 1874 he moved to the West. In 1876 he returned again to Ansonia,and purchased a spectacle factory. Not until now did he enter thefield where his inventive turn of mind and his thorough training inthe engineering schools of Germany might have full opportunity forachievement. Heat once improved the construction of the machineryused in the manufacture of spectacles, and was able, after only sixmonths, to sell his recent purchase for a large advance upon the costprice. He then began the manufacture of eyelets and eyeletting machin-ery and of a variety of small brass goods. And again his inventiveability came into play, for he has invented not only the machinery tomake the goods, but also the machiner
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