Le Worcester de dix-huit cent quatre-vingt-dix-huit années Fightty une ville . Ethan ALLEN, Worcester de 1898. 543 petites entreprises dans lesquelles il a connu un tel succès, et dans lesquelles il a précédé Colt. L'une de ses premières inventions a été le revolver autococking, connu asthe Pepper-box, qui était beaucoup en demande au moment de la Mexicanwar et de la découverte de l'or de Californie, et a donné un grand retour pécuniaire.Parmi ses autres inventions étaient plusieurs formes de pistolets tournants; Le fusil à chargement par abreech est similaire aux Sharps, mais il a déclaré qu'il s'agit d'une machine de qualité supérieure pour la fabrication d'armes à feu et d'une machine en soi

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The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . ETHAN ALLEN, The Worcester of 1898. 543 small-arms business in which he was so successful, and in which he precededColt. One of his early inventions was the self-cocking revolver, known asthe pepper-box, which was much in demand at the time of the Mexicanwar and the California gold discovery, and yielded a large pecuniary return.Among his other inventions were several forms of revolving pistols; abreech-loading rifle similar to the Sharps, but said to be its superior;machinery in variety for manufacturing firearms; and a series of machines, of great perfection, for making metallic cartridges. At the CentennialExhibition in 1876 nothing attracted more attention than the last named.He made in the course of his career a greater variety of firearms than anyother manufacturer in this country.. HE ETHAN ALLEN HOMESTEAD. About the year 1837 Slv. Allen tot)k in partnership his brother-in-law, Charles Thurber, who continued in business with him until 1856, and earlyin the fifties another brother-in-law, T. P. Wheelock, was associated withthem, the firm passing through the name-changes of Allen & Thurber, xVIlen, Thurber & Conlpany, and Allen cS: Wheelock. After the death ofMr. Wheelock in 1863, Mr. Allen took into partnership S. Forehand and H.C. AVadsworth, and the-firm until his death was known as Ethan Allen &Company. In 1S37 the business was removed to Norwich, Connecticut, where itwas carried on about ten years, and was then finally located in Worcester, atfirst in the Merrifield buildings, and after the great fire of 1854, in which

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