Romance and history of time
Subtitle: a series of world-wide adventures on the road from long ago to now
By: by Roy Rutherford Bailey.
Publisher: Elgin National Watch Co.]
Published: 1922
Place of publication: [Chicago
Language: eng
Subjects: Clocks and watches -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Time -- Juvenile literature.
Table of contents: value: PROLOGUE - THE VOICE OF THE WATCH .......... 7; value: I - BEFORE ADAM .......... 10; value: II - THE CAVE-MAN'S TIMEPIECE .......... 12; value: III - THE SUN-DIAL .......... 17; value: IV - THE WATER CLOCK .......... 24; value: V - THE TIME-CANDLE .......... 27; value: VI - THE GREAT CLOCK OF ROUEN .......... 31; value: VII - THE TABLE CLOCK .......... 33; value: VIII - THE FIRST WATCH .......... 36; value: IX - THE NUREMBERG EGG .......... 40; value: X - THE NOONDAY GUN .......... 44; value: XI - GALILEO'S PENDULEM .......... 48; value: XII - THE FIRST HAIR-SPRING .......... 52; value: XIII - JEWELS .......... 55; value: XIV - THE TIME-BALL .......... 60