On Time: How America Has Learned to Live by the Clock - Hardcover

Stephens, Carlene E.

 
9780821227794: On Time: How America Has Learned to Live by the Clock

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Drawn from the popular exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, this lavishly illustrated study chronicles the history of humankind's efforts to measure time, showcasing dozens of unusual timepieces from the museum's collection, from Helen Keller's pocket watch to the earliest bedside alarm clock. 15,000 first printing.

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Carlene E. Stephens is the curator of the History of Technology Division, NMAH. She has presented at professional meetings at the Science Museum in London, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, and the annual meetings of Society for History and Technology.

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