9780804738743 - selling the true time: nineteenth-century timekeeping in america di bartky, ian r. (23 risultati)
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Condizione: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,900grams, ISBN:0804738742.
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Condizione: Good. DUST JACKET A WEE BIT TORN ON TOP OF THE SPINE. Sold by Kisharon Langdon, the UK charity offering support and opportunities for people in the autism and disability community.
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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. 8vo. xvi, 310 pp. b/w illustrations. Creme cloth lettered in gilt. Illustrated jacket. Light edge-wear. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. In archival mylar sleeve.
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Hardback. Condizione: New. This book studies the transition from local to national timekeeping, a process that led to Standard Time-the world-wide system of timekeeping by which we all live. Prior to the railroads' adoption of Standard Railway Time in 1883, timekeeping was entirely a local matter, and America lacked any uniform…system to coordinate times and public activities. For example, in the middle of the nineteenth century, Boston had three authoritative times, which differed by seconds and minutes. The story begins in the 1830s with the building of the first railroads. Since railway safety depended upon maintaining the temporal separation of trains through precise timing, railroads were the first to establish time standards to govern their operations. The railroads' switch to five time standards indexed to the Greenwich meridian inaugurated the modern era of public timekeeping and led directly to cities adopting Greenwich-indexed civil time zones. Central to the story are those college and university astronomers who, starting in the 1850s, sold time signals to nearby cities and railroads. From the start, they competed with other entrepreneurs trying to make money by selling time. Decades of negotiations, government lobbying, and battles over customers followed, all in the name of "public service." Improvements by a host of clockmakers, civil and electrical engineers, telegraph and railway technicians, and instrument makers finally changed the market for accurate time. Public timekeeping became the realm of business investors. Despite the efforts of astronomers and various of their Congressional supporters, who argued for the necessity of a national system of time authorized by the federal government, the railroads' success with their own system blocked legislation for a national system of time until the First World War. By then, a single source for correct time dominated the public's timekeeping: the U.S. Naval Observatory's noon signal. In this first comprehensive, scholarly history of timekeeping in America, the author has drawn upon a rich, untapped archival record, municipal and legislative documents, newspapers, and science and engineering journals to challenge several myths that have grown up around the subject.
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Da: Peter Sheridan Books Bought and Sold, West Molesey, Surrey, Regno UnitoPeter Sheridan Books Bought and Sold
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. California USA: Stanford University Press , 2000. Very bright clean hardcover in dustwrapper, many photographs and illustrations accompany the text. 310 pages, a very nice example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST .…First Edition. Cloth Covered Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 26 x 18.5 Cms. Hardcover.
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HRD. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Altre immaginiEditore: Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA 2000
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Da: Dennis Holzman Antiques, Cohoes, U.S.A.Dennis Holzman Antiques
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Signed by Author. Size: 10 1/4" x 7 1/4". Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Gilt-stamped gray cloth over boards, 310 pages, illustrated in black and white. Inscribed and signed by the aut…hor on the title page. "This book studies the transition from local to national timekeeping, a process that led to Standard Time." In an illustrated dust jacket that is bumped at corners and spine ends. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 15 oz. Category: History; Signed by Author. ISBN: 0804738742. ISBN/EAN: 9780804738743. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 015193.
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Da: Brook Bookstore On Demand, Napoli, ItaliaBrook Bookstore On Demand
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Condizione: new.
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Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 1st edition. 310 pages. 10.00x7.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.
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Da: Majestic Books, Hounslow, Regno UnitoMajestic Books
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Condizione: New. pp. xvi + 310 Illus.
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Da: Books Puddle, New York, U.S.A.Books Puddle
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Condizione: New. pp. xvi + 310 1st Edition.
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Da: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, IrlandaKennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd.
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Condizione: New. This book studies the transition from local to national timekeeping, inthe USA, aprocess that led to Standard Time the world-wide system of timekeeping by which everyone lives. Num Pages: 328 pages, 26 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postg…raduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 186 x 28. Weight in Grams: 834. . 2000. Hardback. . . . .
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hardcover. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.
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Hardback. Condizione: New. This book studies the transition from local to national timekeeping, a process that led to Standard Time-the world-wide system of timekeeping by which we all live. Prior to the railroads' adoption of Standard Railway Time in 1883, timekeeping was entirely a local matter, and America lacked any uniform…system to coordinate times and public activities. For example, in the middle of the nineteenth century, Boston had three authoritative times, which differed by seconds and minutes. The story begins in the 1830s with the building of the first railroads. Since railway safety depended upon maintaining the temporal separation of trains through precise timing, railroads were the first to establish time standards to govern their operations. The railroads' switch to five time standards indexed to the Greenwich meridian inaugurated the modern era of public timekeeping and led directly to cities adopting Greenwich-indexed civil time zones. Central to the story are those college and university astronomers who, starting in the 1850s, sold time signals to nearby cities and railroads. From the start, they competed with other entrepreneurs trying to make money by selling time. Decades of negotiations, government lobbying, and battles over customers followed, all in the name of "public service." Improvements by a host of clockmakers, civil and electrical engineers, telegraph and railway technicians, and instrument makers finally changed the market for accurate time. Public timekeeping became the realm of business investors. Despite the efforts of astronomers and various of their Congressional supporters, who argued for the necessity of a national system of time authorized by the federal government, the railroads' success with their own system blocked legislation for a national system of time until the First World War. By then, a single source for correct time dominated the public's timekeeping: the U.S. Naval Observatory's noon signal. In this first comprehensive, scholarly history of timekeeping in America, the author has drawn upon a rich, untapped archival record, municipal and legislative documents, newspapers, and science and engineering journals to challenge several myths that have grown up around the subject.
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Condizione: New. 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 contributio.
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Condizione: New. This book studies the transition from local to national timekeeping, inthe USA, aprocess that led to Standard Time the world-wide system of timekeeping by which everyone lives. Num Pages: 328 pages, 26 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postg…raduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 186 x 28. Weight in Grams: 834. . 2000. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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Da: Mispah books, Redhill, Regno UnitoMispah books
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Hardcover. Condizione: Like New. LIKE NEW. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.
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Da: Pistil Books Online, IOBA, Seattle, U.S.A.Pistil Books Online, IOBA
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Hard Cover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition. Book is in excellent condition in every respect. Covers are straight with sharp corners, no marking of any kind to text/interior. Dust jacket shows very light shelf wear and very slight edge wear only. Wrapped in protective mylar jacket. Book is in…scribed to ". my patient, long-suffering and excellent editor." in a lengthy inscription, then signed and dated August 2000. Keywords: Standard Time, Railroads, Astronomy. Inscribed By Author.
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Hardback. Condizione: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.
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Da: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, GermaniaBuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K.
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Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book studies the transition from local to national timekeeping, a process that led to Standard Time-the world-wide system of timekeeping by which we all live. Prior to the railroads' adoption of Standard Railway Time in 1883, timekee…ping was entirely a local matter, and America lacked any uniform system to coordinate times and public activities. For example, in the middle of the nineteenth century, Boston had three authoritative times, which differed by seconds and minutes. The story begins in the 1830s with the building of the first railroads. Since railway safety depended upon maintaining the temporal separation of trains through precise timing, railroads were the first to establish time standards to govern their operations. The railroads' switch to five time standards indexed to the Greenwich meridian inaugurated the modern era of public timekeeping and led directly to cities adopting Greenwich-indexed civil time zones. Central to the story are those college and university astronomers who, starting in the 1850s, sold time signals to nearby cities and railroads. From the start, they competed with other entrepreneurs trying to make money by selling time. Decades of negotiations, government lobbying, and battles over customers followed, all in the name of 'public service.' Improvements by a host of clockmakers, civil and electrical engineers, telegraph and railway technicians, and instrument makers finally changed the market for accurate time. Public timekeeping became the realm of business investors. Despite the efforts of astronomers and various of their Congressional supporters, who argued for the necessity of a national system of time authorized by the federal government, the railroads' success with their own system blocked legislation for a national system of time until the First World War. By then, a single source for correct time dominated the public's timekeeping: the U.S. Naval Observatory's noon signal. In this first comprehensive, scholarly history of timekeeping in America, the author has drawn upon a rich, untapped archival record, municipal and legislative documents, newspapers, and science and engineering journals to challenge several myths that have grown up around the subject. 328 pp. Englisch.
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Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, GermaniaAHA-BUCH GmbH
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Buch. Condizione: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book studies the transition from local to national timekeeping, a process that led to Standard Time-the world-wide system of timekeeping by which we all live. Prior to the railroads' adoption of Standard Railway Time in 1883, timekeeping…was entirely a local matter, and America lacked any uniform system to coordinate times and public activities. For example, in the middle of the nineteenth century, Boston had three authoritative times, which differed by seconds and minutes. The story begins in the 1830s with the building of the first railroads. Since railway safety depended upon maintaining the temporal separation of trains through precise timing, railroads were the first to establish time standards to govern their operations. The railroads' switch to five time standards indexed to the Greenwich meridian inaugurated the modern era of public timekeeping and led directly to cities adopting Greenwich-indexed civil time zones. Central to the story are those college and university astronomers who, starting in the 1850s, sold time signals to nearby cities and railroads. From the start, they competed with other entrepreneurs trying to make money by selling time. Decades of negotiations, government lobbying, and battles over customers followed, all in the name of 'public service.' Improvements by a host of clockmakers, civil and electrical engineers, telegraph and railway technicians, and instrument makers finally changed the market for accurate time. Public timekeeping became the realm of business investors. Despite the efforts of astronomers and various of their Congressional supporters, who argued for the necessity of a national system of time authorized by the federal government, the railroads' success with their own system blocked legislation for a national system of time until the First World War. By then, a single source for correct time dominated the public's timekeeping: the U.S. Naval Observatory's noon signal. In this first comprehensive, scholarly history of timekeeping in America, the author has drawn upon a rich, untapped archival record, municipal and legislative documents, newspapers, and science and engineering journals to challenge several myths that have grown up around the subject.
