. The watch factories of America, past and present. A complete history of watchmaking in America, from 1809 to 1888 . l beimagined. There was abso-lutely no system, no appre-ciation of the fact that themachine shop was the foun-dation of the proprietors did notseem to realize that to suc-cessfully lam a factory theymust have some personsoutside of watch repairers. A, 1 • 1 • CRESCENT street MOVEMENT. nythmg approachnig an automatic machine was frowned upon. In spite of this fact,Mr. Webster forced automatic machinery to the front andconstiucted a machine to run half
. The watch factories of America, past and present. A complete history of watchmaking in America, from 1809 to 1888 . l beimagined. There was abso-lutely no system, no appre-ciation of the fact that themachine shop was the foun-dation of the proprietors did notseem to realize that to suc-cessfully lam a factory theymust have some personsoutside of watch repairers. A, 1 • 1 • CRESCENT street MOVEMENT. nythmg approachnig an automatic machine was frowned upon. In spite of this fact,Mr. Webster forced automatic machinery to the front andconstiucted a machine to run half automatically against thepositive orders of the management. He also reduced theunsystematic method of measurement, then emjDloyed in thefactory, to a system, having found that there were nineclasses of measuring units or gauges, which he changed forone. He designed, and George Hunter, (now superintend-ent of the Elgin Companys factory), built the first watchfactory lathe with hard spindles and bearings, of the two-taper variety. He also made the first interchangeablestandard for parts of lathes. The management was soon.
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