DATING
HOWE MACHINE COMPANY
(ELIAS)
The machines of the Howe Machine Company (Elias) are not believed to have begun with serial number 1 and no figures are available for 1865-1867. After that, the machines may be dated by serial number approximately as follows:
Serial Number Year
0 ..............................................
+ 1865
xxxxxx ....................................
+ 1866
xxxxxx .....................................
+ 11.053 1867
11.000 ......................................
+ 35.000 1868
46.000 ......................................
+ 45.000 1869
91.843 .....................................
+ 75.156 1870
166.999 ......................................
+ 134.010 1871
301.009 ......................................
+ 145.000 1872
446.009 ......................................
+ 99.000 1873
545.009 ......................................
+ 35.000 1874
590.009 .....................................
+ 25.000 1875
615.009 .....................................
+ 109.294 1876
724.303 .....................................
1877
xxxxxxx .....................................
1878
xxxxxxx .....................................
1879
xxxxxxx .....................................
1880
xxxxxxx .....................................
1881
xxxxxxx .....................................
1882
xxxxxxx .....................................
1883
xxxxxxx .....................................
1884
xxxxxxx .....................................
1885
xxxxxxx .....................................
1886
xxxxxxx .....................................
1887
xxxxxxx .....................................
No figures are available for 1877-1887.
