Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-07-17
DAILY NATIONAL ERA.
ARroIp,s, a STRAND, LONDON.


HEREBY constitute Mr.. Simon Willard, No. .
Congress street. Boston, sole agent for tho sale Of
my Watches in the United States Of America.
April l5, 1853. CHARLES FRODSHAM.
The undersigned having been appointed sole Agent
In the United States for tho sale of Charles Frodsham
Improved Timekeepers would respectfully call public
attention to his extensive and valuable stock Of Com
pensated Chronometer Watches, made by Charles
Frodsham, and styled his New Sories.n In the
Watches Of the new series Mr. Frodsham has sue
ceeded-by more perfect method Of compensation,
u moro correct adjustment in isochronsm and en-
tirely new and peculiar construction of the train by
which more power is obtained without increase of
size--in producing tmekeepers Of wonderful and
riyalled accuracy The great Importance of the i'm
proved Watches is perfect regularity of time, under
every variety of climate, notion and position. So
perfect the adjustments that the most violent
ercisc-such as horseback riding, jumping &c.-pro-
ducos on them no sensible effect They therefore
peculiarly adapted to railroad purposes.
The scientific French critic, Mons. Borsendorf in
his review Of tho Great London Exhibition Of 1851,
styles the contribution Of Mr. Charles Frodsham as
bearing the stamp Of peculiar merit, and being
the flower of tho English school"
The British Government have awarded Messrs.
Arnold and Charles Frodsham the sum of f3, no. for
the excellence of the pysactp of their tmekeepors
One Of Mr. Frodsham's correspondents writes as
follows:
LONDON, Awlt rs, 1852.
SIR have much pleasure in giving an account
of the Gold Compensation Lever Watch, No. 3,S25,
you have made for me- and in which expressly slip
ulated that it should maintain uniform rate of going
under every variety Of motion and climate. This il
has done in most remarkable manner its rate OF
going for the first six months was i've seconds per
MONTH and in the six months it changed its rate
little faster, viz eight seconds per month, and at
the end Of $50 days it found to be fast Of Green
witch mean time ono minute and fifteen seconds
pect such performance yet believe il is only the
usual character of your improved watches, which you
term your new series"
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remain, sir, yours, respectfully
THoMAs BARTLETT
To Mr. Charles Froasham.
The undersigned has received the following:
BosroN, October s. 1853.
SIR: herewith give you IN account of the re-
markabc performance Of the watch / purchased Of
you made by Charles Frodsham, No. 7,Ol4 Its total
variation for II months, by weekly observations,
but one minute and fifty five seconds.
Yours, respectfully, BILLINGS BRfGGs.
To Mr.. Simon Willard.
BosToN September 3, 1853.
The Compensated Lever Watch purchased Of you,
made by Charles Frodsham, of London, No. 1909,
has varied but thirty seconds from mean time in six
months by actual daily comparison with your regu-
lator Yours, &C., ALVIN ADAMS.
Mr.. Simon WaHerd
The undersigned is permitted to refer to the follow
ing gentlemen, who, among many others, have proved
the excellence of Frodsham's Watches tmskcep-
ers:
Enoch Train, Esq VIM. Whiting, ESQ.,
II. Y. Bates, Esq. Geo. nj. Thatcher, Esq.
+. W. Thayer, ESQ. David Dyer, Esq.
i. +. Osborne, ESQ.,, Sandusky,
Eben. Lane, Esq, Ohio.
The subscriber would respectfully state that tho
above Watches are designed and executed by Mr..
Frodsham and himself, especially to meet the de-
mands of the American public in the great essential
of perfect time, and that in this and in external
beauty they, stand unrivalled.
All orders addressed to the undersigned will receive
immediate attention. SIMON WILLARD,
Jan. 5. Ne. Congress street, Boston.