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THIS IS THE BRIEF HISTORY OF ELI TERRY, AND  THE EARLY AMERICAN CLOCK

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WE DO NOT SELL GUNS -- WE COLLECT ANTIQUE AND VINTAGE ODD GAUGE SHOTGUNS

THIS FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED

FROM VARIOUS HOROLOGICAL BOOKS

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  CLICK HERE FOR HISTORY OF CHAUNCEY JEROME  

CLICK HERE FOR HISTORY OF ITHACA CALENDAR CLOCK

CLICK HERE FOR HISTORY OF THE CALENDAR CLOCK 

CLICK HERE FORE HISTORY OF SETH THOMAS

CLICK HERE FOR SETH THOMAS NO. 2 REGULATOR IDENTIFICATION

CLICK HERE FOR HISTORY OF JOSEPH IVES

 

ELI TERRY SR.

 

ELI TERRY WAS BORN AT EAST WINDSOR ON APRIL 13 1772 HE WAS THE SON OF SAMUEL AND HILDAH BURNHAM TERRY . ELI

COMPLETED HIS APPRENTICESHIP IN BRASS MOVEMENT CLOCKMAKING THERE  IN 1792  NINE PATENTS FROM 1797 TO 1845

WAS ISSUED TO HIM. ELI  TERRY WAS THE FIRST AMERICAN THAT ACTUALLY PRODUCED CLOCKS IN VOLUME . HE

INVENTED AND PERFECTED THE WOOD MOVEMENT SHELF CLOCK HE WAS A MASTER OF DIFFICULT HOROLOGICAL PRINCIPLES  .

HE WAS A GOOD BUSINESS MAN AND MADE AND MERCHANDISED LARGE NUMBERS OF CLOCKS  BY 1800 POSSIBLY  ONE OR TWO

WORKMAN WERE MAKING SEVERAL WOOD MOVEMENT CLOCKS AT A TIME ; USING WATERPOWER DRIVEN SAWS . IN 1806 ELI

TERRY CONTRACTED WITH LEVI AND EDWARD PORTER OF WATERBURY CONN. TO MAKE THE THEN UNHEARD OF NUMBER

OF 4,000 WOOD " HANG-UP " CLOCK MOVEMENTS DIALS AND HANDS  . BY 1809 THE CLOCK MOVEMENTS WERE COMPLETED 

AND THIS IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ELI TERRY AND THE  4,000 MOVEMENTS MAY HAVE BEN THE FIRST OF THE MASS

PRODUCTION WITH INTERCHANGEABLE PARTS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN 1812 ELI TERRY ASSURED HIMSELF THAT

HE COULD MANUFACTURE AND SELL THE SHELF CLOCK SO THE TIME HAD COME TO SET UP SHOP AND PRODUCE THE SHELF

CLOCK AND BY 1814 THE SHORT OR SHELF CLOCK WAS DEVISED , MADE AND INTRODUCED BY ELI TERRY. AFTER 1823 SETH

THOMAS STARTED TO MAKE THE 5 WHEEL GEAR TRAIN MOVEMENT IN THE PILLAR & SCROLL CASE AND THE PRINTED LABEL

DID NOT HAVE ELI TERRY PATENTED CLOCK . THERE WAS A LAW SUIT BETWEEN ELI TERRY AND SETH THOMAS BUT IN APRIL

1829 ELI TERRY VOLUNTARILY DROOPED HIS LAW SUIT AGAINST SETH THOMAS 1816 TO 1835 THE CLOCK INDUSTRY MAIN

CLOCKMAKERS WERE ELI TERRY SAMUEL { HIS BROTHER } SETH THOMAS , SILAS HOADLEY , CHAUNCEY JEROME AND

EPHRAIM DOWNS . ALL OF THESE MEN ORIGINALLY WORKED ON CLOCKS AT PLYMOUTH CONNECTICUT . IT IS INTERESTING

TO NOTE THAT ELI TERRY WAS THE ONLY APPRENTICED CLOCKMAKER  SAMUEL WAS A HARNESS  MAKER AND THE OTHER

FOUR WERE TRAINED AS CARPENTERS. 1825 CHAUNCEY JEROME INVENTED THE  "BRONZE" LOOKING GLASS AND WAS  LABLED

JEROME & DARROW . IN 1830 JOSEPH IVES RETURNED TO BRISTOL AND THE 8 DAY WROUGHT BRASS STRAP MOVEMENT  WAS

INTRODUCED AND THIS BROUGHT SERIOUS COMPETITION TO THE WOOD MOVEMENT . AND ELI TERRY DESIGNED A 8 DAY

WOOD MOVEMENT INTRODUCED AS ELI TERRY & SONS  ABOUT THE SAME TIME ANOTHER FEATURE BROUGHT BY THE FIRM

OF JEROME & DARROW WAS THE  "BRASS BUSHED " 30 HOUR WOOD MOVEMENT. BY 1840 THE WOOD MOVEMENT WAS RAPIDLY

DECLINING AND BY 1850 THERE WERE VERY FEW WOOD MOVEMENT MADE AND EVENTUALLY WROUGHT BRASS MOVEMENTS

TOOK OVER . ELI TERRY DIED AT THE AGE OF 80 IN FEBRUARY 24 1852         

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