The American watchmaker and jeweler; an encyclopedia for the horologist, jeweler, gold and silversmith .. . Edward Howard. 197 Huyghens. the property, consisting of real estate, the factory, and numerous otherbuildings, machinery, steam engine, etc., was offered at public auctionand was bid in for $56,500 by Royal E, Robbins, for himself and thefirm of Tracy & Baker, case makers of Philadelphia, who were creditorsof the defunct company. After the failure of the Boston Watch Com-pany, Mr. Howard returned to Roxbury and continued with his clockbusiness in connection with Mr. Davis. In 1858 he ag
The American watchmaker and jeweler; an encyclopedia for the horologist, jeweler, gold and silversmith .. . Edward Howard. 197 Huyghens. the property, consisting of real estate, the factory, and numerous otherbuildings, machinery, steam engine, etc., was offered at public auctionand was bid in for $56,500 by Royal E, Robbins, for himself and thefirm of Tracy & Baker, case makers of Philadelphia, who were creditorsof the defunct company. After the failure of the Boston Watch Com-pany, Mr. Howard returned to Roxbury and continued with his clockbusiness in connection with Mr. Davis. In 1858 he again began manu-facturing watches in the old factory of the Boston Company, in Roxbury,and placed on the market the first quick train movements ever made. Factory of Boston Watch Co., 1857. in this country. Even in those early days of American watchmaking,,the Howard watches were noted for their superior qualities as time keep-ers, a reputation which followed them up to the present time. In 1861the Howard Clock and Watch Company was organized with a capital of$120,000. In 1863 the name was changed to the Howard Watch andClock Company and in 1881 it was again changed to the E. HowardWatch and Clock Company. In 1882 Mr. Howard severed his connec-tion with the watch company and retired from all active business. invented many labor saving devices in the horological line,among which may be mentioned the swing rest. HUYGHENS, CHRISTIAN. A Dutch mathematician and authorof a work on pendulums. He was born at the Hague on 14th of April, 1665, Louis XIV. invited him to Paris for the purpose of founding aRoyal Academy of Science. He resided in Paris from 1666 to 1681,when he returned to Holland. In the year 1656, he first conceiv
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