"Three watches, Nos. 3171, 1935, 2526, from Mr. Allerding, agent for Mr. Kullberg.
"And on the forenoon of February 17th:
"Three watches, Nos. 11527, 19967, 12629, from Mr. Hoffnung, agent for Lange & Sons.
"Three watches, Nos. 1004, 8632, 8370, from Mr. Jacob, as agent for Nicole & Nielsen.
"Three watches, Nos. 70690, 23496, 113516, from Mr. Jacob, as agent for Thomas Russell & Sons.
"One watch, No. 47150, from Mr. Jacob, as agent for Castleberg.
"Three watches, Nos. 12731, 12483, 11680, from Mr. Wiesener, as agent for L. Audemars.
"And on 18th February:
"Two watches, Nos. 2724, 3528, from Mr. Jacob, as agent for Castleberg.
"On the 17th I began rating these watches, keeping them all in one position (hanging), and subject to the same conditions of temperature; in fact, they were all hung on one board, and kept in a compartment locked up so as to avoid change of temperature, except such changes as were due to changes in the weather.