They were sold for fifteen dollars apiece when first manufactured.

I think that these two men cleared about one hundred thousand dollars apiece, up to the year 1825.

Mr.Thomas had made a good deal of money on the old fashioned style, for he made a good article, and had but little competition, and controlled most of the trade.
In 1818, Joseph Ives invented a metal clock, making the plates of iron and the wheels of brass.

The movement was very large, and required a case about five feet long.

This style was made for two or three years, but not in large quantities.
In the year 1825, the writer invented a new case, somewhat larger than the Scroll Top, which was called the Bronze Looking-Glass Clock.