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Keeping watch : a history of American time Cover Image Book

Keeping watch : a history of American time / Michael O'Malley.

O'Malley, Michael. (Author).

Summary:

Time, nature, and the good citizen -- Celestial railroad time -- Day of two noons -- Keep a watch on everybody -- Therbligs and hieroglyphs -- Golf stick and the hoe.

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  • ISBN: 067082934X
  • ISBN: 9780670829347
  • Physical Description: xiv, 384 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York, N.Y.U.S.A. : Viking, 1990.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-374) and index.

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Time > Systems and standards > United States > History.

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