Selling the True Time

Selling the True Time
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Publisher : Stanford University Press
Total Pages : 346
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ISBN-10 : 0804738742
ISBN-13 : 9780804738743
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Book Synopsis Selling the True Time by : Ian R. Bartky

Download or read book Selling the True Time written by Ian R. Bartky and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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