Selling the True Time : Nineteenth-Century Timekeeping in America /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bartky, Ian R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]
Temas:
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART I. EMPLOYING TIME (1801-1856)
  • 1. TRUE TIME AND PLACE
  • 2. RUNNING ON TIME
  • 3. TELEGRAPHING TIME, MAKING HISTORY
  • PART II. DISPENSING LOCAL TIME (1845-1875)
  • 4. INTRODUCING CITY TIME
  • 5. ANTEBELLUM OBSERVATORY TIME SERVICES
  • 6. LOBBYING FOR TIME AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES
  • PART III. PROMOTING A NATIONAL VIEW OF TIME (1869-1881)
  • 7. ABBE'S ROAD: UNIFORM TIME
  • 8. SHAPING A NATIONAL TIME CIRCUIT
  • 9. GAUGING TIME ACCURATELY
  • PART IV. CONFLICT WITHOUT RESOLUTION (1879-1884)
  • 10. CLASHING OVER TIME BILLS
  • 11. INVENTING STANDARD RAILWAY TIME
  • 12. A FAILURE IN TIME
  • PART V. EMERGING AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES (1880-1889)
  • 13. NEW COMPANIES, OLD BUSINESS
  • 14. TWO INSTRUMENT-MAKERS
  • PART VI. FINISHED AND UNFINISHED BUSINESS (1888-1903)
  • 15. THE TIME PEDDLERS
  • 16. A SEVERE BLOW TO THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE
  • EPILOGUE
  • Appendix: American Observatory Public Time Services
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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