| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
xvii, 260 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"Originally published in Great Britain in 2023 by Hodder & Stoughton, an imprint of Hachette UK."--Title page verso |
| Contents |
A backward-facing foreword -- Facing the sun -- Ingenious devices -- Tempus fugit -- The Golden Age -- Forging time -- Revolution time -- Working to the clock -- The watch of action -- Accelerated time -- Man and machine -- Eleventh hour -- How to repair a watch. |
| Summary |
An award-winning British watchmaker takes readers on a journey through the history of time-keeping, from the earliest attempts to keep track of the passing of days to the engineering breakthrough that created the first watch. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-252) and index. |
| Summary |
Timepieces have accompanied human society from the depths of the oceans to the summit of Everest; the ice of the Arctic to the surface of the moon. Struthers provides a history of watchmaking, describing our earliest attempts at timekeeping and the ways in which it has shaped our attitudes to work, leisure, trade, politic, exploration, and mortality. -- adapted from jacket |
| Subject |
Clock and watch making -- History.
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Clocks and watches -- History.
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Time -- Social aspects.
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Horology.
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| Added Author |
Struthers, Craig, illustrator.
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Pilsbury, Andy, photographer.
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| ISBN |
9780063048706 (hardcover) |
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0063048701 (hardcover) |
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