History of the American Clock Business for the Past Sixty Years, and Life of Chauncey Jerome

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Author

Jerome, Chauncey, 1793-1868

Title

History of the American Clock Business for the Past Sixty Years, and Life of Chauncey Jerome Barnum's Connection with the Yankee Clock Business

Credits

E-text prepared by Robert Shimmin and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

TS: Technology: Manufactures

Subject

Clock and watch making -- United States

Category

Text

eBook-No.

12694

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12694

Release Date

June 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.HISTORY — OF THE — American Clock Business — FOR THE PAST SIXTY YEARS, — AND — Life of CHAUNCEY JEROME, — WRITTEN BY HIMSELF . — BARNUM'S CONNECTION — WITH THE — YANKEE CLOCK BUSINESS. — New Haven: 1860
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.AMERICAN CLOCK MAKING. — LIFE OF CHAUNCEY JEROME.
6. 6.CHAPTER I. — EARLY DAYS.—LEAVING HOME.—BOUND OUT.—FARMING.—CARPENTER.—SOLDIER.—CLOCK MAKING.
7. 7.CHAPTER II. — PROGRESS OF CLOCK MAKING.—IMPROVEMENTS BY ELI TERRY AND OTHERS.—SHELF CLOCK.
8. 8.CHAPTER III. — PERSONAL HISTORY CONTINUED.—COMMENCING BUSINESS.—SALE TO A SOUTHERNER.—REMOVAL TO BRISTOL.—FIRST SERIOUS LOSS.
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. — THE BRONZE LOOKING GLASS CLOCK.—CHURCH AT BRISTOL.—PANIC OF 1837.— CLOCKS AT THE SOUTH.—THE ONE DAY BRASS CLOCK.
10. 10.CHAPTER V. — SUCCESS OF THE NEW INVENTION.—INTRODUCTION OF CLOCKS IN ENGLAND.—TERRY FAMILY, ETC.
11. 11.CHAPTER VI. — OPERATIONS OF FRANK MERRILLS—A SAD HISTORY.—BUSINESS TROUBLES, ETC.
12. 12.CHAPTER VII. — REMOVAL TO NEW HAVEN.—FACTORY AT BRISTOL DESTROYED BY FIRE.—OTHER TROUBLES, ETC.
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. — FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN CHEAP TIME-KEEPERS. —THE PROCESS OF CLOCK MAKING.—
14. 14.CHAPTER IX. — THE NEW HAVEN CLOCK COMPANY, AND OTHER CLOCK MANUFACTURERS IN CONNECTICUT.
15. 15.CHAPTER X. — BARNUM'S CONNECTION WITH THE JEROME CLOCK CO.—CAUSES AND RESULTS OF ITS FAILURE.
16. 16.CHAPTER XI. — EFFECTS OF THE FAILURE ON MYSELF—REMOVAL TO WATERBURY AND ANSONIA—UNFORTUNATE BUSINESS CONNECTIONS.
17. 17.CHAPTER XII. — MORE MISPLACED CONFIDENCE—ANOTHER UNFORTUNATE PARTNERSHIP.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. — THE WOOSTER PLACE CHURCH.—GROWTH OF THE DIFFERENT DENOMINATIONS IN NEW HAVEN.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. — NEW HAVEN AS A BUSINESS PLACE—GROWTH—EXTENSIVE MANUFACTORIES, ETC.
20. 20.APPENDIX. — GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR KEEPING CLOCKS IN ORDER.

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