A History of Simon Willard, Inventor and Clockmaker

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Excerpt from A History of Simon Willard, Inventor and Clockmaker: Together With Some Account of His Sons His Apprentices and the Workmen Associated With Him, With Brief Notices of Other Clockmakers of the Family NameThis book was originally intended simply as a memoir of Simon5 Willard, Clock-maker and Inventor. While writing it the author found so many erroneous ideas prevailing about Simons Willard, and his clocks, that the book was enlarged to its present form. The compilation of the book has been one of great difficulty. The material at hand is very scanty, and much of the early life of the Willards will have to remain blank for want Of definite information. The author is partien larly indebted to his father, Zabdiel' Adams Willard, for much of the information, particularly about the clocks, and the methods of manufacture, given in this book, indeed without his assistance it could not have been written. TO Mr. Edwin A. Howe, Town Clerk of Grafton, Mass, the author expresses his thanks for his kindness in allowing him to examine the town records, and also to those who so kindly allowed him to take photographs of the clocks, portraits, documents, etc., used in illustrating this book, and without which the work would be Of little interest.The author cannot hope to have avoided all mistakes, but trusts there are no serious ones.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.