. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 20 {left).—Auburndale I uirii Si' Second Hand. Note the stop and start lever for the "spHt"' hand at the side of the case. (In auihor's collection.) Figure 21 {above).—Auburndale Three-Quarter Plate Watch, typical of both Lincoln and Bentley grades. (In auilior's collection.) were issued to William A. Wales, assignor to the Auhtirndale Watch C^o., of Weston. Massachusetts, on \\n\\ 12. 1881. Whedicr these ])atenls represent the first thermometers made at Aul)tnndale or reflect the result of experience gained in mak
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 20 {left).—Auburndale I uirii Si' Second Hand. Note the stop and start lever for the "spHt"' hand at the side of the case. (In auihor's collection.) Figure 21 {above).—Auburndale Three-Quarter Plate Watch, typical of both Lincoln and Bentley grades. (In auilior's collection.) were issued to William A. Wales, assignor to the Auhtirndale Watch C^o., of Weston. Massachusetts, on \\n\\ 12. 1881. Whedicr these ])atenls represent the first thermometers made at Aul)tnndale or reflect the result of experience gained in making conven- tional models is not clear. The earliest evidence dat- ing the appearance of the thermometer is the 1881 Boston directory which appeared on July 1. This il- lustrates the same inodel of thermometer seen in figure 22. The patents cover means of eliminating springs of any sort from the mechanism, so that the hand or dial pointer is entirely under the influence of the fused bimetallic thermal strips. Manufacture of the timers was carried along with thermometer manu- facture at first, bin productitjn of ihc timer was finally dropped, as the slock on hand was constantly increasing, and for a while the factory was at last operated at a profit, on thermometers alone. These were furnished in cases from 20 inches in diameter down to the size of a ten cent piece, according to the advertising. Unfortunately Mr. Fowle had suffered so much loss through the watch venture and from other investments that he was forced to make an assignment of his personal estate. The watch company, without his support, was carrying too large a burden of debt to be .self-supporting. In the fall of 1883 a \-oluntary assignment was inade and the equipment was sold in February 1884.^'* The \ewton directory of lists W. B. Fowle as a thennomcter manufacturer on Woodbine Street, "house ; His home, "Tangle- wood,"" was on Woodbine .Street and perhaps the thermometer
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