Книга: Jerome Chauncey «History of the American clock business for the past sixty years, and life of Chauncey Jerome»
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Jerome, Chauncey
died April 20, 1868, New Haven, Conn.
U.S. inventor and clockmaker.
In 1824 he designed a popular bronze looking-glass clock, and he formed a company that soon became the leading U.S. clockmaker. He invented the one-day brass movement, an improvement over the wood clock. Applying mass-production techniques, he flooded the U.S. with low-priced brass clocks, which quickly spread to Europe and so astonished the English that "Yankee ingenuity" became a byword.
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▪ American inventor
born June 10, 1793, Canaan, Conn., U.S.
died April 20, 1868, New Haven, Conn.
American inventor and clock maker whose products enjoyed widespread popularity in the mid-19th century.
Learning the carpenter's trade early in life, Jerome was employed as a case maker in 1816 by Eli Terry (Terry, Eli), a clock maker at Plymouth, Conn. Later Jerome started his own business, selling clocks with his cases fitted with movements supplied by other makers. The bronze looking-glass clock case he designed in 1827 became especially popular; he then formed a company that soon became the leader in clock production, with the main plant located at Bristol, Conn.
About 1838 Jerome invented the one-day brass movement, an improvement in durability over the wood movement in a clock. Applying mass-production techniques, Jerome flooded the United States with low-priced brass clocks. His clocks quickly spread to Europe and so astonished the English that “Yankee ingenuity” became a byword.
In the 1850s Jerome became associated with unethical businessmen, and his company failed in 1855; he died in relative poverty.
Jonathan D. Betts
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Источник: Jerome, Chauncey
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