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Author : Carol Burke
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031413040
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)
Download or read book We had the Watches. They had the Time written by Carol Burke and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alexis McCrossen
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022601505X
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)
Download or read book Marking Modern Times written by Alexis McCrossen and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “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 : Ross J. Benbow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781942304104
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)
Download or read book You Have the Watches We Have the Time written by Ross J. Benbow and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Samuel Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781549960598
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)
Download or read book Watches: the History of Time written by Samuel Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-10 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recognizing the importance of the timepieces of some of the most influential people across the world and how they had an impact on them.Historically, watches have served to establish long-term relationships, facilitate diplomacy, bring about cooperation and change the courses of history.For some businessmen, on the other hand, a watch is not just a time-telling device but a statement, as Hamilton Powell the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Crown and Caliber would say "A watch is the greatest icebreaker there is". One can approach anyone on any side of the street and eradicate any barrier by just uttering two words; "Nice watch".A watch tells people a lot about who you are; your personality type, and what you value. The guy wearing a gold-plated Hublot full of shiny elements will be starkly different from the guy wearing a steel and bronze plated Zenith chronograph. Thus, one can learn a lot about their leaders judging by the type of wristwatch they wear.It is therefore imperative for the reader to know about the types of wristwatches worn by leaders around the world. This book will give an understanding of just that. It will span across chapters outlining details about the various watches owned by global leaders, why they wear them and what is their value.Chapter 1 looks back at the timepiece styles of U.S. presidents to see what's changed and how American leaders' personal styles stack up. Since 1789, every American leader has carried or worn a watch of some kind. Some presidents have pampered themselves in luxury, while others have favored easy on the pocket functional wristwatches.Chapter 2 gives an account of Russian President Vladimir Putin's watch collection, his apparently soft spot for watches both rare and extremely luxurious, which for his hotshot persona suits him terribly well.Chapter 3 describes the "portable works of art" that decorate the hands of European Leaders whose tastes are just as exorbitant as the Russian Leader.Chapter 4 discusses the wristwatches worn by Asian Leaders wearing expensive timepieces that cost much more than the monthly pay of almost a 10th of the population.Chapter 5 entails the watches worn by South American Leaders.Chapter 6 discusses the watches worn by religious leaders, who served humanity and have brought long-term changes in religious practices. They have millions of followers and are revered by many. The taste of their watches, however, is another story altogether.Chapter 7 discusses the CEOs that run billion dollar empires and the watches that they prefer and count on.Chapter 8 entitled Watches Worn By Finance Moguls, gives an account of the 'Bling' that glistens under the cuffs of stars making it in the world of Finance.Chapter 9 gives an account of the luxurious watches worn by the ever-loved Celebrities. Enjoying all varieties of "the finer things in life", we look at the beautiful timepieces that adorns each celebrities style and success.Last but not least, Chapter 10 that describes the watches worn by famous Athletes. The Olympics, Formula 1, tennis, football, swimming; all have one thing in common; time. Be it a chronograph that delivers a stellar performance to match that of the athletes or a watch that makes sure that they're a connoisseur.
Author : Alistair Gibbons
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780764354953
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)
Download or read book Chasing Time written by Alistair Gibbons and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2018-04-28 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The early 2000s were an important period, spanning a time when mechanical watches had quite rightly retaken their place in the world market. We all may have a digital device in our pocket that is more accurate than a mechanical watch, but a timepiece has soul, personality, and history. The collection in this book is a step into the world of vintage watch collecting, with a range of photographs, intricate research, and accessible reference material that will intrigue both the casual and avid enthusiast. The collection showcases some of the most interesting, luxurious, and functional 20th-century (1930-1980) mechanical timepieces ever to be produced, including Heuer's Autavia, Rolex's Submariner, Gallet's MultiChron, Zenith's De Luca, and the Universal Space Compax.
Author : Rebecca Struthers
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0063048728
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)
Download or read book Hands of Time written by Rebecca Struthers and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2023-06-13 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A hugely entertaining achievement." –Esquire “An engaging survey through a period of intellectual history that reveals as much about people who wear watches as the objects on their wrists." – Wall Street Journal "As impeccably crafted and precisely engineered as any of the watches on which the author has worked so lovingly over the years, this book is a joy to behold and a wonder to enjoy.” –Simon Winchester, author of The Perfectionists and Land An award-winning watchmaker—one of the few practicing the art in the world today—chronicles the invention of time through the centuries-long story of one of mankind’s most profound technological achievements: the watch. Timepieces have long accompanied us on our travels, from the depths of the oceans to the summit of Everest, the ice of the arctic to the sands of the deserts, outer space to the surface of the moon. The watch has sculpted the social and economic development of modern society; it is an object that, when disassembled, can give us new insights both into the motivations of inventors and craftsmen of the past, and, into the lives of the people who treasured them. Hands of Time is a journey through watchmaking history, from the earliest attempts at time-keeping, to the breakthrough in engineering that gave us the first watch, to today – where the timepieces hold cultural and historical significance beyond what its first creators could have imagined. Acclaimed watchmaker Rebecca Struthers uses the most important watches throughout history to explore their attendant paradigm shifts in how we think about time, indeed how we think about our own humanity. From an up-close look at the birth of the fakes and forgeries industry which marked the watch as a valuable commodity, to the watches that helped us navigate trade expeditions, she reveals how these instruments have shaped how we build and then consequently make our way through the world. A fusion of art and science, history and social commentary, this fascinating work, told in Struthers’s lively voice and illustrated with custom line drawings by her husband and fellow watchmaker Craig, is filled with her personal observations as an expert watchmaker—one of the few remaining at work in the world today. Horology is a vast subject—the “study of time.” This compelling history offers a fresh take, exploring not only these watches within their time, but the role they played in human development and the impact they had on the people who treasured them.
Author : Perfection Learning Corporation
Publisher : Turtleback
ISBN 13 : 9781663608192
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)
Download or read book Last Lecture written by Perfection Learning Corporation and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rick Perez
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1450090443
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)
Download or read book TIME written by Rick Perez and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-05-24 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book divides TIME into three main units. The first unit will be time in general. The second unit will be time as we know it on clocks. The third unit will be dedicated to calendars. The purpose in writing this book is to make the reader THINK. Should we change our current clock and/or calendar to make them better? For example: why are there 60 minutes in an hour, or why do we have 28, 29, 30, or 31 days in a month? In the first unit, Rick gives us a brief introduction and some historical theories as to how and why man started keeping track of time. In one of the sections in this unit, Rick tries to show how the ages in the Bible’s genealogy from Adam to Noah are more realistic by using lunar years instead of solar. He concludes this unit with his version of time zones. The second unit is dedicated to clocks and other hour-measuring devices. Sundials, water clocks, candles, mechanical, and atomic clocks are some of the types mentioned. The reader is given information to explain why the day was divided into 24 hours and why the hour was divided into 60 minutes. Rick concludes this unit by proposing a solar day of 100 shorter hours. Finally, the third unit is devoted to the solar year, giving details of some of the early calendars like the Egyptian, Babylonian, Roman, Gregorian, etc. Here is where we see the mark that the early lunar or luni-solar calendars have left on our current calendar. In this unit, Rick gives us his calendar proposal featuring a ten-day week. But the most spectacular section is the section titled “The Dates and Times of Jesus’s Birth and Death.” He uses scientific data, historical information, and scriptural references to deduce the exact times and dates of Jesus’s birth and death.
Author : Mary L. Booth
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781528288019
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)
Download or read book New and Complete Clock and Watchmakers' Manual written by Mary L. Booth and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from New and Complete Clock and Watchmakers' Manual: Comprising Descriptions of the Various Gearings, Escapements, and Compensations Now in Use in French, Swiss, and English Clocks and Watches, Patents, Tools, Etc; With Directions for Cleaning and Repairing; With Numerous Engravings, Compiled From the Frenc Our plan more particularly embraces a description of the workmanship executed in Paris, which is justly thought to excel that of the Swiss manufacturers. We shall enter into the details necessary to the exact description of all the manipulations employed by the most celebrated watch makers, show the improvements which have been introduced in the manufacture of watches, mantel and belfry clocks, and chronometers, and describe the various tools which have recently been invented both for abrid gin g the mani pulations and rendering them more exact. We shall give valuable instructions in respect to repairing and regulating clocks and watches, and keeping them in order when they are thus regulated. These are very important, for excellent watches are often spoiled by inexperienced workmen to whom they are entrusted for repairs, or greatly injured by a want of care or knowledge on the part of their owners. We have endeavored to remedy this, by giving full and minute directions as to the care and management of time pieces, which cannot fail to be valuable to all who own them. We have also described the various escapements now in use, together with the most important gearings, and several useful tools which have lately been invented. The Manual is divided into chapters, in which we shall treat successively: first, of the manufacture of watches; second, of apartment clocks; and third, of belfry clocks; and in these we shall avoid describing any workmanship which is not approved by the best artisans. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Jorge Cham
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735211523
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)
Download or read book We Have No Idea written by Jorge Cham and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepare to learn everything we still don’t know about our strange and mysterious universe Humanity's understanding of the physical world is full of gaps. Not tiny little gaps you can safely ignore —there are huge yawning voids in our basic notions of how the world works. PHD Comics creator Jorge Cham and particle physicist Daniel Whiteson have teamed up to explore everything we don't know about the universe: the enormous holes in our knowledge of the cosmos. Armed with their popular infographics, cartoons, and unusually entertaining and lucid explanations of science, they give us the best answers currently available for a lot of questions that are still perplexing scientists, including: * Why does the universe have a speed limit? * Why aren't we all made of antimatter? * What (or who) is attacking Earth with tiny, superfast particles? * What is dark matter, and why does it keep ignoring us? It turns out the universe is full of weird things that don't make any sense. But Cham and Whiteson make a compelling case that the questions we can't answer are as interesting as the ones we can. This fully illustrated introduction to the biggest mysteries in physics also helpfully demystifies many complicated things we do know about, from quarks and neutrinos to gravitational waves and exploding black holes. With equal doses of humor and delight, Cham and Whiteson invite us to see the universe as a possibly boundless expanse of uncharted territory that's still ours to explore.
