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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 2 2 Browse Search
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inery is somewhat similar to that of the alarmclock. James II., in person, heard arguments on interfering applications for patents for repeating-watches (Barlow vs. Quare), and decided in favor of Quare (1676). Priority of invention belonged, however, to Barlow, who employed two pins to strike the hours and quarters, while Quare afterward effected this with one only. The smallest repeating-watch ever known was made by Arnold for George III., to whom it was presented on his birthday, June 4, 1764. Although less than six tenths of an inch in diameter, it repeated the hours, quarters, and half-quarters, and contained the first ruby cylinder ever made. Its weight was that of an English silver sixpence. Arnold made it himself, and also the tools employed in its construction. The king presented Arnold with 500 guineas ($2,500) for this curious watch, and the Emperor of Russia afterward offered the maker 1,000 guineas for a duplicate of it, which Arnold declined. 2. (Fire-arms.