I have worked there a great many nights till twelve o'clock and even two in the morning, sawing veneers for my men to use the next day.
"History of the American Clock Business for the Past Sixty Years, and Life of Chauncey Jerome"
Chauncey Jerome
In 1825, we built a small factory on the stream below the shop where I sawed my veneers two or three years before, but there was no road to it or bridge across the stream.
"History of the American Clock Business for the Past Sixty Years, and Life of Chauncey Jerome"
Chauncey Jerome
A similar fate awaited a machine for cutting veneers by means of a species of knife.
"On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures"
Charles Babbage