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• Time -- Measurement

• Workshop on Antarctic Meteorite Stranding Surfaces, Held at University of Pittsburgh, July 13-15, 1988 (LPI technical report 90-03; Houston: Lunar and Planetary Institute, 1990), ed. by W. A. Cassidy and I. M. Whillans (PDF at USRA Houston Repository)

• Recueil des Procédés Pratiques Usités en Horlogerie: Formant la Deuxième Partie du Guide-Manuel de l'Horloger (in French; Paris: Bureau de la Revue Chronométrique, 1874), by Claudius Saunier
  • multiple formats at Google
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Horlogerie Théorique: Cours de Mécanique Appliquée à la Chronométrie (2 volumes in French; Bern: E. Magron; Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1911-1912), by Jules Grossmann and Hermann Grossmann
  • Volume 1: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 2: multiple formats at archive.org
  • both volumes: page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• The Old Clock Book (New York: F. A. Stokes Co., c1911), by N. Hudson Moore (multiple formats at Google)
• Pendule, Spiral, Diapason (2 volumes in French; Paris: Delagrave, 1920-), by H. Bouasse
  • both volumes; page images at HathiTrust; US access only
  • Volume 2: multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • Volume 2: multiple formats at archive.org
• Recueil des Procédés Pratiques Usités en Horlogerie: Formant la Deuxième Partie du Guide-Manuel de l'Horloger (in French; Paris: Bureau de la Revue Chronométrique, 1874), by Claudius Saunier
  • multiple formats at Google
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Catalogue of New York State Loan Exhibit of Embroideries, Miniatures, Watches, Snuff-Boxes, Fans and Laces (New York: The Knickerbocker Press, ca. 1893), by Ill.) World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago (PDF at OCLC)

• Illustrated Catalogue of Clocks, Manufactured by Seth Thomas Clock Company, New Haven Clock Company, E. N. Welch Manufacturing Companu, and Welch, Spring and Company, Sold by American Clock Company (no. 166; New York et al.: American Clock Co., 1878), by American Clock Company (page images at HathiTrust)

• Beyond the Door (as published in Fantastic Universe, January 1954), by Philip K. Dick (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• The Cuckoo Clock (London: Macmillan and Co., 1893), by Mrs. Molesworth, illust. by Walter Crane (illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
• The Cuckoo Clock (London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1895), by Mrs. Molesworth, illust. by Walter Crane (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Cuckoo Clock (Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Co., c1914), by Mrs. Molesworth, illust. by Maria Louise Kirk (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• Manual for Overhaul, Repair and Handling of U.S. Navy Mechanical, Boat and Deck Clocks, Chelsea Type, With Parts Catalog (1953), by United States Department of the Navy Bureau of Ships
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  • page images at HathiTrust

• The Marine Chronometer: Its History and Development (London: J. D. Potter, 1923), by R. T. Gould, contrib. by Frank Watson Dyson
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • formats at archive.org

• Good Stories for Great Holidays, ed. by Frances Jenkins Olcott (HTML at Virginia)
• Good Stories for Great Holidays, ed. by Frances Jenkins Olcott (illustrated HTML at Gateway to the Classics)

• The Child's Book on the Sabbath (New York: Leavitt, Lord and Co., 1835), by Horace Hooker (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Birthday Party: A Story for Little Folks (Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1864), by Oliver Optic (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Ally's Birth-Day (London: Groombridge and Sons, ca. 1845) (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Surprise Party: or On not Going not Ongoing (Berkeley: Chased Press, 1977), by Johanna Drucker (page images with commentary at artistsbooksonline.org)

• Pagan Holidays, or God's Holy Days: Which?, by Herbert W. Armstrong (multiple formats with commentary at thetrumpet.com)
• The Hidden Side of Christian Festivals (Los Angeles et al.: St. Alban Press, 1920), by C. W. Leadbeater
  • multiple formats at archive.org
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• When the Sun Moves Northward: Being a Treatise on the Six Sacred Months, Containing the Mystic Ritual from the "Story of the Year", and the Teaching Concerning the Resurrecton From "Green Leaves" (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Press, ca. 1923), by Mabel Collins (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Festival of the Dead (reprinted as New Materials for the History of Man #1; Toronto: Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, 1920), by R. G. Haliburton (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Pilgrimage of Etheria (1919 SPCK edition of all extant portions of this work), by Egeria, trans. by M. L. McClure and Charles Lett Feltoe (HTML at CCEL)
• The Pilgrimage of S. Silvia of Aquitania to the Holy Places (Circ. 385 A.D.) (in English only (Latin text omitted); London: Palestine Pilgrims' Text Society, 1896), by Egeria, ed. by J. H. Bernard, contrib. by Charles William Wilson (illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)

• An Essay on the Proper Lessons, Appointed by the Liturgy of the Church of England, to be Read on Sundays and Chief Festivals Throughout the Year, As They Are Directed by Her Table of Proper Lessons (third edition, 4 volumes; London: Printed for Ogles, Duncan, and Cochhan, 1818), by William Wogan, contrib. by James Gatliff
  • all volumes: page images at HathiTrust
  • annotated transcription of Gatliff's life of the author in v1: multiple formats in the UK
• The Fasti, Tristia, Pontic Epistles, Ibis, and Halieuticon of Ovid: Literally Translated Into English Prose, With Copious Notes (London: H. G. Bohn, 1851), by Ovid, trans. by Henry T. Riley (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Fasti, Tristia, Pontic Epistles, Ibis, and Halieuticon of Ovid: Literally Translated Into English Prose, With Copious Notes (London: G. Bell and Sons, 1885), by Ovid, trans. by Henry T. Riley (page images at HathiTrust)

• A Testimony for Truth Against All Hireling Priests and Deceivers, by Judith Boulbie (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Matsuri: Festival and Rite in Japanese Life (Tokyo: Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics, c1988), trans. by Norman Havens (HTML in Japan)

• Pagan Holidays, or God's Holy Days: Which?, by Herbert W. Armstrong (multiple formats with commentary at thetrumpet.com)
• Beacons on the Talmud's Sea: Analyses of Passages From The Talmud And Issues In Halachah, Adapted From The Works of The Lubavitcher Rebbe, by Menachem Mendel Schneerson (HTML at chabad.org)

• The Feasts of Camelot, with the Tales That Were Told There (London: Bell and Daldy, 1863), by Mrs. T. K. Hervey (multiple formats at Google)

• Greek Saints and Their Festivals (Edinburgh and London: W. Blackwood and Sons, 1910), by Mary Agnes Hamilton
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• Annus Ecclesiasticus Graeco-Slavicus, Editus Anno Millenario Sanctorum Cyrilli et Methodii, Slavice Geatis Apostolorum (in Latin; Brussels: Typ. Henrici Goemaere, 1863), by I. Martynov
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  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only

• True Christmas Spirit (c1955), by Edward J. Sutfin (HTML at EWTN)
• The Twelve Days of Christmas (c1955), by Elsa Chaney (HTML at EWTN)
• Our Christmas Symbols (Raleigh, NC: Graphic Press, c1953), by Aylene E. Cooke and Cameron Cooke (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Story of Christmas: Sun, Saviour and Santa Claus (Atlanta: Oglethorpe University Press, 1941), by Thornwell Jacobs (multiple formats at archive.org)
• A Christmas Book: Origin of the Christmas Tree, the Mistletoe, the Yule Log and St. Nicholas (Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College, 1898), by Carla Wenckebach (page images at HathiTrust)
• Christmas Entertainments (originally published in 1740 as "Round About Our Coal Fire"; reprinted London: Field and Tuer, et al., ca. 1883) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan (London: T. F. Unwin, 1912), by Clement A. Miles (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Feast of St. Friend: A Christmas Book (New York: George H. Doran Co., 1911), by Arnold Bennett (Gutenberg text)
• Friendship and Happiness (Hodder and Stoughton edition; usually titled "The Feast of St. Friend"), by Arnold Bennett (HTML at Gutenberg Canada)
• The Lights of Beacon Hill: A Christmas Message (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1922), by Abbie Farwell Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Mystical Interpretation of Christmas, by Max Heindel (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Myths and Legends of Christmastide (San Francisco: Stanley-Taylor Co., 1901), by Bertha F. Herrick (Gutenberg text)
• Yule-Tide in Many Lands, by Mary Poague Pringle and Clara A. Urann, illust. by L. J. Bridgman (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Christmas Dispute Revived, in a Letter From Mr. William Smith, of Norwalk, Conncticut, to Elder Elias Lee, of Ballston, State of New-York, Now Published With a Reply by Mr. Lee (Ballston, NY: Printed by W. Child for E. Lee, 1800), by William Smith and Elias Lee (HTML at Evans TCP)
• A Little Book for Christmas (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1917), by Cyrus Townsend Brady, illust. by Will Crawford (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• St. Nicholas: His Legend and His Rôle in the Christmas Celebration and Other Popular Customs (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1917), by George Harley McKnight
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• St. Paul and Protestantism, With Other Essays (popular edition; London: Smith, Elder, 1892), by Matthew Arnold (multiple formats at archive.org)

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