THE MICROSCOPE. 173 
CHARLES FASOLDT. 
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HARLES FASOLDT, the well known maker of clocks and 
scientific apparatus, died at his home in Albany, N. Y., May 
13th, aged 70 years. His death, though not unexpected by his 
immediate friends, will be a surprise and sorrow to a large number 
who have known Mr. Fasoldt through his scientific work. 
Born in Dresden, Saxony, February 23rd, 1819, he continued a 
resident of that city until the completion of his apprenticeship, when 
he entered the Saxon army. From 1839 to 1848 young Fasoldt 
laid aside his mechanical pursuits and led the life of a soldier, 
serving the last three years of that period as an officer in the 
“Allgemeine Volksbewaffenung.” At one time during the rebellion 
he conceived a plan of cutting off all communication with the forti- 
fication Kcenigstein, and was put in command of the troops detailed 
to carry out his project. This, together with other exploits, made 
him a marked individual in the eyes of the Government, and, find 
ing that his further sojourn in the fatherland would be somewhat 
perilous to his personal liberty, at the close of the uprising he made 
his way through the Prussian lines and, via Bremen, escaped to 
America. Fasoldt afterwards learned that he, together with a 
number of his former companions, including Burgomeister Meier, 
Roéckel and Pogonini, who were captured, had been condemned to be 
shot. This sentence was subsequently commuted to imprisonment 
for twenty years. 
Fasoldt’s intentions on arriving in America were to proceed to 
the, then, far west and to establish himself in some promising frontier 
town. His purpose, however, was never effected, for, on arriving at 
Rome, N. Y., where he had a. brother living, the cold November 
weather and the inconveniences of traveling caused him to abandon 
the idea of going west and determined his settling for the time in 
a more congenial location. During that winter he, together with 
two assistants, were occupied in preparing the tools and machinery 
necessary for the manufacture of clocks and watches, and in the 
following spring he turned out the first eight-day watch, for Gen. 
Armstrong. Mr. Fasoldt’s subsequent productions in this line were 
often exhibited at the fairs held by the Mechanics’ Associations of 
Syracuse and Utica, and never failed to win for him the highest 
praise and awards. A detailed list of the products of Mr. Fasoldt’s 
inventive genius during the remainder of a very active life would 
