TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brackin,A.J.
TI  - Clocks: chronicling time
T2  - The Encyclopedia of discovery and invention
SN  - 1560062088 (lib. bdg.)
AV  - TS542.5 .B68 1991
U1  - 681.113 20
PY  - 1991///
CY  - San Diego, CA
PB  - Lucent Books
KW  - Clocks and watches
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Local
KW  - Time
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-90) and index; Foreword -- Introduction -- Nature's clocks -- Mechanical clocks -- Town squares to living rooms -- Clocks in the workplace -- Clocks move the world -- Watches-clocks that travel -- Expanding the boundaries of time and space -- Glossary -- Further reading -- Works consulted -- Index -- About the author -- Picture credits
N2  - Examines early concepts of time; describes devices for measuring time and the improvements in their technology; and discusses how measured time has shaped our concepts of work and leisure. A history of the measurement of time & how time devices have changed the world
ER  -