Bibliograph

Hands of time, a watchmaker's history, Rebecca Struthers ; with illustrations by Craig Struthers ; and photographs by Andy Pilsbury

Type

Label

Hands of time, a watchmaker's history, Rebecca Struthers ; with illustrations by Craig Struthers ; and photographs by Andy Pilsbury

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-232) and index

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hands of time

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1381361592

Responsibility statement

Rebecca Struthers ; with illustrations by Craig Struthers ; and photographs by Andy Pilsbury

Sub title

a watchmaker's history

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

Table Of 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

Target audience

adult

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