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    Eli Terry Sr. (April 13, 1772 – February 24, 1852) was an inventor and clockmaker in Connecticut. He received a United States patent for a shelf clock...
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    2006-09-24. Gilbert 1965. Cooper 1982. Cooper 1984. Eli Terry and the Connecticut Shelf Clock; Tect Eli Terry and the Connecticut Shelf Clock; Text Muir 2000...
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  • mathematician, author, lawyer and newspaper editor Eli Terry (1772–1852), inventor and clockmaker in Connecticut Eli Thayer (1819–1899), member of the US House...
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    town of Plymouth. The village is named for Eli Terry Jr., the son of the well-known clockmaker Eli Terry Sr. Terryville is also home to the Lock Museum...
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    to stay away from the coastline. The Terry family participated in a great deal of Plymouth's history. Eli Terry became partners with Seth Thomas and Silas...
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    movements in history. In 1815, Terry began mass-producing the first shelf clock. Chauncey Jerome, an apprentice of Eli Terry mass-produced up to 20,000 brass...
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    Jersey to make seven-foot cases for clocks. In 1816 he went to work for Eli Terry making "Patent Shelf Clocks," learning how to make previously handmade...
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    for clockmaker Eli Terry. Thomas formed a clock-making partnership in Plymouth, Connecticut, with Eli Terry and Silas Hoadley as Terry, Thomas & Hoadley...
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    Eli Terry began using a milling machine at Plymouth Connecticut in the production of tall case clocks. With the use of his milling machine, Terry was...
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  • rules footballer Eli Terry (1772–1852), American inventor and clockmaker Elizabeth Terry (born c. 1943), American chef Dame Ellen Terry (1847–1928), English...
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