Daniel Burnap (November 1, 1759 – September 26, 1838) was a clock-maker from Coventry Township (present day Andover),

Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its capita ...

. He may have been one of the first to use interchangeable parts and mass production, as his written records imply that he built more than one clock at the same time. Burnap took on several apprentices during his career. The most notable of his many apprentices was

Eli Terry Eli Terry Sr. (April 13, 1772 – February 24, 1852) was an inventor and clockmaker in Connecticut. He received a United States patent for a shelf clock mechanism. He introduced mass production to the art of clockmaking, which made clocks a ...

who become the world's largest manufacturer of machine-made clocks and introduced mass production to the art of clockmaking.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Burnap, Daniel 1759 births 1838 deaths American clockmakers