History of the hour : clocks and modern temporal orders
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Geschichte der Stunde. English
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Dohrn-van Rossum, Gerhard, 1947-
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Clocks and watches -- Europe -- History -- Sources.
Clocks and watches -- History.
Social change -- Europe -- History.
Time measurements -- Europe -- History.
Time measurements -- History.
Time perception -- Social aspects -- Europe -- History.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Clocks and watches
Europe -- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJxCxPbbk4CPJDQJb4r6rq
History
Social change
Sources
Time measurements
Time perception -- Social aspects
Other Subjects
Changement social -- Europe -- Histoire.
Horloges -- Europe -- Histoire -- Sources.
Horloges et montres -- Histoire.
Klokken.
Perception du temps -- Aspect social -- Europe -- Histoire.
Sociale aspecten.
Technische ontwikkeling.
Temps -- Mesure -- Europe -- Histoire.
Temps -- Mesure -- Histoire.
Temps -- Mesure -- Histoire.
Tijdsbesteding.

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Book
Physical Desc
xi, 455 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English

Notes

General Note
Translation of: Die Geschichte der Stunde.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-439) and index.
Description
History of the Hour presents the first sustained and reliable treatment of how mechanical clocks functioned in cities and dispels many myths associated with the clock's history. For example, Dohrn-van Rossum argues that, in their race to display the grandest clocks, monarchs and princes were more responsible than merchants for introducing clocks into urban environments. This work also questions what is generally believed regarding the clock's invention, including the.
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Role of the hour-glass, the arrival of the mechanical clock before scientific rationality, and the obscure history of the escapement, the clock's regulating mechanism.
Language
Translation of: Die Geschichte der Stunde.
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SACFinal081324

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Dohrn-van Rossum, G. (1996). History of the hour: clocks and modern temporal orders . University of Chicago Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Dohrn-van Rossum, Gerhard, 1947-. 1996. History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Dohrn-van Rossum, Gerhard, 1947-. History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Dohrn-van Rossum, G. (1996). History of the hour: clocks and modern temporal orders. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Dohrn-van Rossum, Gerhard. History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders University of Chicago Press, 1996.

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