Region on Earth that has a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes

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.

Ephemeridenzeit und Atomzeit / [Richard Vieweg].

Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude / Derek Howse.

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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.

Ephemeridenzeit und Atomzeit / [Richard Vieweg].

Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude / Derek Howse.