. Annual report for the year ended June 30 .... United States National Museum. 54 NATIONAL MUSEUM ANNUAL REPORT, 195 9. Left: Watch, one of about 500 made between 1807 and 1817, by Amer- ica's first watchmaker Luther Goddard. Right: No. 1 of 30 factory-made watches, the first produced in America (1852). It was the personal watch of Edward Howard, leading partner in founding the machine watchmaking industry in this country. Airs. Edith Earle donated two examples of the telephone that her father, James H. Earle, made in the winter of 1876-77 at Brown University under the direction of a grou
. Annual report for the year ended June 30 .... United States National Museum. 54 NATIONAL MUSEUM ANNUAL REPORT, 195 9. Left: Watch, one of about 500 made between 1807 and 1817, by Amer- ica's first watchmaker Luther Goddard. Right: No. 1 of 30 factory-made watches, the first produced in America (1852). It was the personal watch of Edward Howard, leading partner in founding the machine watchmaking industry in this country. Airs. Edith Earle donated two examples of the telephone that her father, James H. Earle, made in the winter of 1876-77 at Brown University under the direction of a group of professors there. The acoustical design of the group at Brown was incorporated in the design of the Bell telephone. The following significant objects were acquired in the division of mechanical and civil engineering: the personal watch of Edward Howard, considered the parent of all American factory-made watches, from the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association; a rare and fine wagon-spring clock given by Mrs. Francis Boutelle Allen; and three noteworthy precision clocks presented by the Georgetown University Observatory through Father F. J. Heyden. A valuable and attractive collection of early handmade locks, bolts, and decorative hardware, with pieces dating from the 16th centmy, was presented by the Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company. Two important early machine tools were received: an 1851 Robbins and LawTence chain-feed lathe, given by Curtis Woodruff, and a Jones & Lamson turret lathe of about 1880, donated by George F. Kiley. A Porter- Allen steam engine, prototype of the compact high-speed steam engine which dominated the medium-size engine field for many years, was presented by the Philadelphia Electric Compan3\ The most significant accession in the division of medical sciences is a collection of dental instruments, furniture, and equipment relating to the history of dentistry, totaling 2,869 si)ecimens, received from the University of Pennsylvania Sc
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