Keeping watch : a history of American time /
Michael O'Malley.
- xiv, 384 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-374) and index.
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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Time--Systems and standards--History.--United States Time--Systems and standards.
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