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![About Time: A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks by David Rooney](https://rwszupzmsadbjqghhiwjxwntmpecjm.thestorygraph.com/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBOHU4M0E9PSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--6a6d019d88241fd686c6855be2758bef2d7cd208/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/About%20Time-%20A%20History%20of%20Civilization%20in%20Twelve%20Clocks.jpg)
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ISBN/UID: 9780393867930
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication date: 17 August 2021
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For thousands of years, people of all cultures have made and used clocks. From the city sundials of ancient Rome to the medieval water-clocks of imperial China, and from sand-clocks fomenting revolution in the Middle Ages to Enlightenment observat...
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272 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780393867930
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication date: 17 August 2021
Description
For thousands of years, people of all cultures have made and used clocks. From the city sundials of ancient Rome to the medieval water-clocks of imperial China, and from sand-clocks fomenting revolution in the Middle Ages to Enlightenment observat...