Gimbals
A contrivance for securing free motion and suspension of a ship's chronometer, compass, etc., so that it may not be affected by the motion of the ship. It is virtually a universal joint. It was invented by Cardan and first applied to timepieces by Huyghens.
GODDARD, LUTHER. One of the earliest manufacturers of American watches. In 1809 he opened a small shop in Shrewsbury, Mass., and commenced to manufacture watches of the verge pattern, as shown in Fig. 151, in somewhat larger quantities than had been attempted before. He could not compete in price, however, with the cheap foreign watches which were then being imported in large quantities, and accordingly he retired from the business in 1817, having manufactured about 500 watches. This was the greatest number of watches ever made by any one manufacturer in America up to this time.