Hands of time : a watchmaker's history /
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,...
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2023].
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| Edition: | First U.S. edition. |
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| 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. |
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| Item Description: | "Originally published in Great Britain in 2023 by Hodder & Stoughton, an imprint of Hachette UK--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | xvii, 260 pages, [8] pages of color plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780063048706 0063048701 |