24 pages, illus., 1983. A booklet produced by the Smithsonian Institution explaining the history and reasons for adopting Standard Railway Time in North America on 18 November 1883. Standard Time quickly became the convention for timekeeping in North America and is still in use today. A good copy, card covers. Codice articolo K4749

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Titolo: Inventing Standard Time

Casa editrice: Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.

Data di pubblicazione: 1983

Legatura: Soft cover

Condizione: Good

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