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The clocks are telling lies : science, society, and the construction of time / Scott Alan Johnston.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnston, Scott Alan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Time--Systems and standards--History.
- Time.
- Time--Social aspects--History.
- Horology--History.
- Horology.
- Time measurements--History.
- Time measurements.
- History.
- Clocks and watches--History.
- Clocks and watches.
- Time--Social aspects.
- Time--Systems and standards.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2022]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Cover
- THE CLOCKS ARE TELLING LIES
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Tables and Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Uneasy Beginnings
- 2 Amateurs, Professionals, and Eccentrics
- 3 The International Meridian Conference
- 4 "The House That Jack Built": Selling Time, Constructing Modernities
- 5 Teaching Time, Using Time
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Resolutions Passed by the IMC
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 10, 2022).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Johnston, Scott Alan. Clocks are telling lies.
- ISBN:
- 9780228009641
- 0228009642
- 9780228009634
- 0228009634
- Publisher Number:
- 99989360296
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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