Tower and Street Clocks
Author: E. Howard Clock Company
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Published: 1923
Total Pages: 48
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Author: E. Howard Clock Company
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Published: 1923
Total Pages: 48
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Total Pages: 48
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Published: 197?
Total Pages: 48
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Published: 197?
Total Pages: 47
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Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780930163587
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Frederick Shelley
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Published: 2015-09-01
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9781944018009
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Author: Frederick Shelley
Publisher: National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors Incorporated
Published: 2015-12-01
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ISBN-13: 9780982358498
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Don A. Waddell
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 68
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Alexis McCrossen
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2013-05-01
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 022601505X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“Tells a story of a period when the quest for accurate timekeeping became an obsession in the US.” —Choice The public spaces and buildings of the United States are home to many thousands of timepieces—bells, time balls, and clock faces—that tower over urban streets, peek out from lobbies, and gleam in store windows. And in the streets and squares beneath them, men, women, and children wear wristwatches of all kinds. Americans have decorated their homes with clocks and included them in their poetry, sermons, stories, and songs. And as political instruments, social tools, and cultural symbols, these personal and public timekeepers have enjoyed a broad currency in art, life, and culture. In Marking Modern Times, Alexis McCrossen relates how the American preoccupation with time led people from across social classes to acquire watches and clocks. While noting the difficulties in regulating and synchronizing so many timepieces, McCrossen expands our understanding of the development of modern time discipline, delving into the ways we have standardized time and describing how timekeepers have served as political, social, and cultural tools in a society that doesn’t merely value time but regards access to time as a natural-born right, a privilege of being an American. “A precise, acute, and well-measured monograph.” —Journal of Social History “Important and engaging.” —Journal of American History “ An innovative contribution on a key historical shift in modern life.” —Urban History “An authoritative narrative of how and where time and timepieces were distributed in the period.” —Reviews in American History
Author: Chris DeSantis
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2011-02-28
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780786460878
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe phrase "in a New York minute" is virtually synonymous with all that is fast-paced and technologically advanced. One of the first cities founded on the eastern seaboard, New York has been a horological trendsetter for almost four hundred years. When the first Dutch settlers came to Manhattan in the early years of the 17th century, they established America's first stronghold of capitalism. Over the next few centuries, precise schedules became an inescapable reality of modernization and precision timepieces became an art form in Europe and America. As the center of commercial and industrial activity, New York City developed a particular preoccupation with time, and hence became a showplace for an astonishing array of timepieces. From tower clocks to time balls, this richly illustrated work chronicles the history of public clocks in New York City. It discusses the premiere clock-makers of the 19th century such as the Ansonia Clock Company and the Self Winding Clock Company, the heyday of American public clock making and the ever-increasing importance of clocks. Post clocks, church clocks, sundials, and labor timepieces are all discussed herein. Photographs of subject pieces and an index are included.