Time's Pendulum Time's Pendulum: From Sundials to Atomic Clocks, the Fascinating History of Timekeeping and How Our Discoveries Changed the World

By:

Barnett, Jo Ellen

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Harcourt, INc. 1998 USADescription: 334pISBN:

9780156006491

Subject(s):

General

DDC classification:

529.7 BAR

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Item type	Current library	Item location	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Reference Book	NIMA Knowledge Centre	7th Floor Silence Zone	Reference	529.7 BAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan		T0045016

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Introduction
Part - 1: The Time of Day
Planetary Basis of Our Day
Sundial and Its Temporary Hours
The Measurement of the Night Hours
The Canonical Hours
The Selling of Time
The Mechanical Clock: The Product
The Mechanical Clock: The Machine
The Early Machines
The Pendulum
The Longitude: Where Where Becomes When
Of Time and the Railroad
The Worldwide Web of Time
A Watch on Every Wrist
New Vibrations
The Clock and Charles Darwin
Part - 2: the Time of the Earth
Of Clocks and Clocks
The Circle and the Short Line
Discovering the Dark Abyss
The Battle of the Geologists and the Physicists
The Clock That Worked
The Past recaptured
Finding the Time of Humankind
The Clock That Came From Outer Space
References
Illustration Credits
Index

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