Selling the True Time : Nineteenth-Century Timekeeping in America
Ian R. Bartky
This first comprehensive, scholarly history of timekeeping in America studies the transition from local to national timekeeping, a process that led to Standard Time—the worldwide system of timekeeping by which we all live. The book describes the contributions of the railroad industry, university astronomers, clockmakers, and civil and electrical engineers.
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Année:
2000
Editeur::
Stanford University Press
Langue:
english
Pages:
346
ISBN 10:
0804738742
ISBN 13:
9780804738743
Fichier:
PDF, 32.34 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2000