Boston - Cradle of American Watchmaking - Special Order Supplement No. 5 of the National Ass. of Watch and Cloc :: Number of documents found: 6
(7531) Pierre Frederick Ingold 91787-1878): His Impact on Watchmaking both in Europe and America
- Author: Penney, David :: Year Vol (No) Month (or Chapter/Auction item): :: Pages: 17
- Comments and/or Abstract > A biographical review of the life and achievements of Swiss horological inventor Pierre Fredrick Ingold who invented some of the technology that gradfathered replacable precision parts and thus industrial watchmaking, including Ingolds ventures in the UK and the USA
(7532) Why Boston during the 1850s? From WIllard Clocks to Industrial Watches
- Author: Harrold, Michael C. :: Year Vol (No) Month (or Chapter/Auction item): :: Pages: 19
- Comments and/or Abstract > Discussion of the historic context that let the industrial watch making industry rise in the Boston area in the mid 19th century
(7533) Workers Together
- Author: McIntyre Thomas :: Year Vol (No) Month (or Chapter/Auction item): :: Pages: 7
- Comments and/or Abstract > Reflections on the working conditions in the Waltham Watch factory in the late 19thy century
(7534) American System Standards, Methods and Automatic Machinery
- Author: Collord III, George L. :: Year Vol (No) Month (or Chapter/Auction item): :: Pages: 10
- Comments and/or Abstract > Paper on the automation and first industrial proceses at the Waltham Watch Co. in the 19th century, illustrated
(7536) Life and Work of Charles Vander Woerd
- Author: Risch Craig :: Year Vol (No) Month (or Chapter/Auction item): :: Pages: 20
- Comments and/or Abstract > A biographical and oeuvre sketch on Charles Vander Woerd inventor and genius behind the automated massproducing machines at Waltham making precise watch parts.
(7535) Evolution of the First Successful Industrialized Watch
- Author: Price Ron :: Year Vol (No) Month (or Chapter/Auction item): :: Pages: 16
- Comments and/or Abstract > Paper on the automation and first industrial proceses at the Waltham Watch Co. in the 19th century, illustrated