The beginning of the long dash : a history of timekeeping in Canada / Malcolm M. Thomson.
Material type: TextPublisher: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [1978]Copyright date: ©1978Edition: [First edition]Description: xvii, 190 pages, 24 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 0802053831
- 9780802053831
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Books | Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room | QB210.C2 T46 1978 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31560000027157 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-183) and index.
The origin of astronomical timekeeping -- Integrating the time services -- The rise of the Dominion Observatory -- The evolution of astronomical techniques -- From pendulums to masers : clocks of the Time Service -- Radio time signals.
History of timekeeping in Canada, illustrations, bibliography, index
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