The Auburndale Watch Company - First American Attempt Toward the Dollar Watch

Project Gutenberg's The Auburndale Watch Company, by Edwin A. BattisonThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: The Auburndale Watch CompanyFirst American Attempt Toward the Dollar WatchAuthor: Edwin A. BattisonRelease Date: September 8, 2009 [EBook #29934]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE AUBURNDALE WATCH COMPANY ***Produced by Chris Curnow, ronnie sahlberg, Joseph Cooperand the Online Distributed Proofreading Team athttp://www.pgdp.netTranscribers note:Possible printer errors have been retained as they appear in the original book.The words (above) and (right) in illustration captions have been retained although in this ebookthey have no relevance.Contributions fromThe Museum of History and Technology:Paper 4The Auburndale Watch CompanyEdwin A. BattisonTHE INVENTION 51DEVELOPING THE INVENTION 53THE NEW SPONSOR 57SUCCESS AND FAILURE 64THE LESSON 67By Edwin A. BattisonTHE AUBURNDALE WATCH COMPANY:First American Attempt Toward the Dollar WatchThe life of the pioneer has always been arduous. Not all succeed, and many disappear leaving no trace on the pages of history. Here,painstaking search has uncovered enough of the record to permit us to review the errors of design and manufacture that brought failure ...