. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 22 (above).— Thermometer, about 1% inches in diameter. (In author's collec- tion.) Figure 23 (right).— Counter. Pres- sure on the projecting stem indexes the inner dial, showing through the window, at the same time ringing a bell. This dial is numbered from zero through six. The outside hand is held in place by friction and is manually set as desired. There is no connection \sith ihe inner mechanism. or perhaps only the on a small scale cjf parts previously manufactured. The Directory of 1889 lists Fow
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 22 (above).— Thermometer, about 1% inches in diameter. (In author's collec- tion.) Figure 23 (right).— Counter. Pres- sure on the projecting stem indexes the inner dial, showing through the window, at the same time ringing a bell. This dial is numbered from zero through six. The outside hand is held in place by friction and is manually set as desired. There is no connection \sith ihe inner mechanism. or perhaps only the on a small scale cjf parts previously manufactured. The Directory of 1889 lists Fowle as an accountant on Ash Street, .Auburndalc. He had bought this property in 1887, presumably after disposing of "Tanglewood" which now would be too large for his needs. In the editions of 1891 and 1893 he is listed as United States collector of internal revenue, with an office at the Post Office building. Boston. In 1895 he appears as an accountant at the same address and from then to his death in 1902 he is listed as an accountant at his home address in .\ubin-n- dale. Jason R. Hopkins, inventor of ihc tirsi .\uburndale product, passed away in Washington late the same year, 1902, having spent all the intervening years as a watchmaker. The Lesson The life of a ])i()neer has always been arduous. The story we have just reviewed illustrates this. Hopkins was a successful workman with clever and novel ideas. Fowle had been very successful in an entirely I'.M'Kk 4: .\ WATCH COMPANY 471274—59 6. unrelated field. Wales had been very successful in importing and selling watches but the watch factory which he had owned in part had failed, the fault more probably that of the times than of the man. The various superintendents and foremen were first-class men with ample background in making conventional watches. .•\t the time no one could have had ex- perience in manufacturing exactly the grade and type of watch being attempted, for this was the pioneer effor
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