Selling the True Time

Selling the True Time
Author: Ian R. Bartky
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2000
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780804738743

This first comprehensive, scholarly history of timekeeping in America studies the transition from local to national timekeeping, a process that led to Standard Timeā€”the worldwide system of timekeeping by which we all live. The book describes the contributions of the railroad industry, university astronomers, clockmakers, and civil and electrical engineers.

Uses of Wood by Railroads

Uses of Wood by Railroads
Author: Association of American Railroads. Bureau of Railway Economics. Library
Publisher:
Total Pages: 112
Release: 1925
Genre: Railroads
ISBN: