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Auburndale Watch Company, by Edwin A. Battison
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Title: The Auburndale Watch Company First American Attempt Toward the Dollar Watch
Author: Edwin A. Battison
Release Date: September 8, 2009 [EBook #29934]
Language: English
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THE MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY:
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THE AUBURNDALE WATCH COMPANY
Edwin A. Battison
THE INVENTION 51 DEVELOPING THE INVENTION 53 THE NEW SPONSOR 57 SUCCESS AND FAILURE 64 THE LESSON 67
By Edwin A. Battison
THE AUBURNDALE WATCH COMPANY:
First American Attempt Toward the Dollar Watch
The 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 to the first attempt to produce a really cheap pocket watch.
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