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Time - Systems and standards

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  • A family tree of the provinces and colleges of the Jesuit order, with horological markings to show the time in each location relative to noon in Rome. Engraving after A. Kircher, 1646.
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    A family tree of the provinces and colleges of the Jesuit order, with horological markings to show the time in each location relative to noon in Rome. Engraving after A. Kircher, 1646.

    Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680. | Date: [1646] | Reference: 29764i
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    Ephemeridenzeit und Atomzeit / [Richard Vieweg].

    Vieweg, Richard, 1896-1972. | Date: (1965)
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    Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude / Derek Howse.

    Howse, Derek. | Date: 1980
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