Hetty_ The Genius and Madness of America's First Female Tycoon - Charles Slack [124]
stock” came originally from a deception of a different sort—during the 1830s, cattle baron Daniel Drew kept his animals thirsty, then allowed them to gorge on water just before reaching the market scales. In the new economy, watered stock referred to radically overvalued shares.
* In 1956, MIT donated the two-story-tall generator to Boston’s Museum of Science, where it has been on prominent display for decades.