9th form How Was It Done?

1. When wristwatches first ____ at around the turn of the century, people thought they were rediculous.

2. Less resistant to water and shock than the old chain watches, they ____ wholly unreliable.

3. Everyboby ____ they had little future.

4. During the Napoleonic wars, the French ____ to feed their army.

5. Napoleon offered a prize of 12,000 francs for a solution. This is when the tin can ____.

6. Tin cans ____ to the battlefield.

7. But the problem was how ___ them. This was very difficult.

8. Many of Napoleon's soldiers ____ into battle only with nine fingers!

9. This went on some time until finally the tin opener ____.

10. The first waterproof watch, the Rolex Oyster, ____ by the Rolex company of Geneva.

11. To test the first watches, they ____ in water for three weeks.

12. People thought the time-keeping ____ but it didn't show the single variation.