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• Time measurements -- Early works to 1800
• Time measurements -- History
• Automatic timers
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• Geochronometry
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• Hour-glasses
• Sundials
• Synchronization
• Time-of-flight mass spectrometry
• Time-signals
• Timing circuits

• Time -- Measurement

• Terrestrial time [electronic resource] : a memoir / ([London? : s.n., 1876?]), by Sandford Fleming (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Horologi elementari diuisi in quattro parti : alcuni muti, & alcuni col suono : tutti facili, e molto commodi / (Venetia : Per Bortolo Tramontino, 1669), by Domenico Martinelli (page images at HathiTrust)
• Documents relatifs à l'unification de l'heure et à la législation du nouveau mode de mesurer le temps [ressource électronique]. (Ottawa : S.E. Dawson, 1891) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tracts, philosophical and mechanical : to which are prefixed, memoirs of his life and writings / (London : Paternoster-Row, 1812), by John Whitehurst (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Walk through time : a journey offered to you / ([Gaithersburg, MD] : The Institute, 1992), by National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• An analysis of spacecraft data time tagging errors / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service], 1975), by Ai Chun Fang and Goddard Space Flight Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Uhr : ein Beitrag zur Culturgeschichte der Alten (Hebräer-Griechen-Römer) / (Essek : Pfeiffer, [18--?]), by Samuel Spitzer (page images at HathiTrust)
• 22nd annual Precise Time and Time Interval (PTTI) Applications and Planning Meeting / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Management, Scientific and Technical Information Division, 1991), by Va.) Precise Time and Time Interval (PTTI) Applications and Planning Meeting (22nd : 1990 : Vienna, Richard L. Sydnor, and United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Division (page images at HathiTrust)
• Proceedings of the seventh annual Precise Time and Time Interval (PTTI) Applications and Planning Meeting : held at Goddard Space Flight Center, December 2-4, 1975 / ([S.l. : s.n.], 1977), by Precise Time and Time Interval (PTTI) Applications and Planning Meeting (7th : 1975 : Goddard Space Flight Center), United States. Naval Electronic Systems Command, and Goddard Space Flight Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Proceedings of the eighth annual Precise Time and Time Interval (PTTI) Applications and Planning Meeting : held at Naval Research Laboratory, November 30 - December 2, 1976 / ([Springfield, Va.] : NTIS, 1981), by Precise Time and Time Interval (PTTI) Applications and Planning Meeting (8th : 1976 : U.S. Naval Research Laboratory), Goddard Space Flight Center, United States. Naval Electronic Systems Command, and Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Proceedings of the fourth Precise Time and Time Interval Planning Meeting : held at Goddard Space Flight Center, November 14-16, 1972 / (Springfield, VA : NTIS, 1975), by Precise Time and Time Interval Planning Meeting (4th : 1972 : Goddard Space Flight Center), Clark Wardrip, H. N. Acrivos, United States. Naval Electronic Systems Command, United States Naval Observatory, and Goddard Space Flight Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die altägyptische Zeitmessung. ([Berlin, Leipzig, W. de Gruyter & co., 1920]), by Ludwig Borchardt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• La construction des cadrans solaires : ses principes, sa pratique, précédée d'une histoire de la gnomonique / (Paris : Impr. Gauthier-Villars, 1905), by Abel A. Souchon (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Bulletin chronométrique. (Besançon : J. Millot,), by Observatoire national (France) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die altägyptische Zeitmessung. ([Berlin, Leipzig, W. de Gruyter & co., 1920]), by Ludwig Borchardt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Mikat namiyle risale / ([Istanbul] : Mekteb-i Fünûn-i Harbiye-yi Şâhâne Matbaası, 1285 [1868]), by Mustafa Safvet (page images at HathiTrust)
• Time bases, scanning generators; their design and development, with notes on the cathode ray tube. (New York, Wiley, 1955), by Owen Standige Puckle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Proceedings of the sixteenth annual Precise Time and Time Interval (PTTI) Applications and Planning Meeting : a meeting held at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, November 27- 29, 1984 / ([s.l. : s.n. , 1984?]), by Md.) Precise Time and Time Interval (PTTI) Applications and Planning Meeting (16th : 1984 : Greenbelt, Goddard Space Flight Center, and United States Naval Observatory (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Stundatal eptir stjörnum og tungli / (Akureyri : Prentað í prentsmiðju Norður- og Austurumdæmisins af H. Helgasyni, 1855), by Jón Thorlacíus (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mechanical philosophy, horology and astronomy. (London, W.S. Orr and co.; [etc., etc.], 1843), by William Benjamin Carpenter (page images at HathiTrust)
• Statistical methods for estimating time and rate parameters of digital communication systems / (Washington : Dept. of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, 1979), by Edwin L. Crow and United States. National Telecommunication and Information Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ueber die Art der Griechen und Römer die Entfernungen zu bestimmen und über das Stadium / (Weimar : Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs, 1813), by F. A. Ukert (page images at HathiTrust)
• Time telling through the ages, (New York, Pub. by Doubleday, Page & Co. for Robert H. Ingersol & Bros., 1919), by Harry Chase Brearley and Robt. H. Ingersoll (page images at HathiTrust)
• Costruzioni geometriche dell'orologio solare sopra un piano qualunque / (Milano : Coi Tipi di G.B. Bianchi e c., 1834), by Giovanni Astolfi, Antonio Cavagna Sangiuliani di Gualdana, and Cavagna Collection (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Library) IU-R (page images at HathiTrust)
• Anleitung zur genauen Bestimmung des Ganges und Standes der Uhren : ein unentbehrliches Handbuch für Uhrmacher und Freunde der Astronomie, so wie für Alle, die einer sichern Zeitkenntniss bedürfen, als Gutsbesitzer, Geistliche und Schullehrer auf dem Lande. (Leipzig : Gebrüder Reichenbach, 1842), by Gustav Adolph Jahn (page images at HathiTrust)
• Compendio mathematico, en que se contienen todas las materias más principales de las ciencias, que tratan de la cantidad. (Valencia, J. Garcia, 1957-), by Tomás Vicente Tosca (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die astronomische Zeitrechnung der Völker, von ihrem Ursprung bis zur Gegenwart und die Einheitszeit. Mit allen Kalendern vom Jahr 300 bis 1582 im julianischen und von 1583 bis 2000 n. Chr. im gregorianischen Stil, mit einer Weltkarte und erläuternden Figuren. (Diessen vor München, J.C. Huber, 1913), by W. Mayher (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Time telling through the ages, (New York, Pub. by Doubleday, Page & Co. for Robert H. Ingersol & Bros., 1919), by Harry Chase Brearley and Robt. H. Ingersol (page images at HathiTrust)
• Journal of observations made for ascertaining the time of the place, in the observatory, which was erected at Helgoland for that purpose / ([s.l. : s.n.], 1825), by Heinrich Christian Schumacher (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nuovo metodo di misurare le più minute frazioni del tempo imaginato dal Signor ab. dottor dal Negro. (Padova : Per Bettoni e co., 1816), by Salvatore Dal Negro (page images at HathiTrust)
• Stern-Ephemeriden auf das Jahr ... zur Bestimmung von Zeit und Azimut mittelst des tragbaren Durchgangsinstruments im Verticale des Polarsterns / (St. Petersburg : Buchdr. der K. Akademie der Wissenschaften, 18), by Wilhelm Döllen and Glavnai͡a astronomicheskai͡a observatorii͡a (Soviet Union) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Geschiedenis der openbare tijdaanvijzing / (Leiden : E.J. Brill, 1887), by Frederic Adolph Hoefer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Zeitmesser der antiken Völker. ([Stuttgart] : [s.n.], 1886), by G. Bilfinger (page images at HathiTrust)
• Remarks upon Mr. Stone's proposed corrections to the measure of time since 1864 [electronic resource] / ([London? : s.n., 1894?]), by Simon Newcomb (page images at HathiTrust)
• Two questions on Mr. Stone's proposed correction to the measure of time [electronic resource] / ([London? : s.n., 1894?]), by Simon Newcomb (page images at HathiTrust)
• Note on Mr. Stone's theory of the meausre of time [electronic resource] / ([S.l. : s.n., 1894?]), by Simon Newcomb and Royal Astronomical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• Enseignement théorique de l'horlogerie : volume premier, notions générales (cours préparatoire) suivis d'une annexe historique des progrès accomplis dans la mesure du temps / (Genéve : Journal suisse d'horlogerie, 1889), by Joseph Rambal (page images at HathiTrust)
• Time and its measurement; from the stone age to the nuclear age. (Cleveland, World Pub. Co., [1958]), by Harrison J. Cowan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Kulturhistorische Beiträge zur Kenntnis des Griechischen und römischen Altertums, (Leipzig, Dürr'sche Buchhandlung, 1906-12), by Max Carl Paul Schmidt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Clock synchronization and comparison : problems, techniques and hardware / (Bolder, Colo. : Dept. of Commerce, Institute for Basic Standards, Time and Frequency Division, 1976), by James E. Gray and Institute for Basic Standards (U.S.). Time and Frequency Division (page images at HathiTrust)
• The standards of time and frequency in the U.S.A. / (Washington : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards : For sale by Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1974), by J. A. Barnes, Byron E. Blair, and G. M. R. Winkler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Time and frequency users' manual / (Boulder, Colo. : Dept. of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards, Institute for Basic Standards, Time and Frequency Division ; Washington : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1977), by Institute for Basic Standards (U.S.). Time and Frequency Division, ed. by George Kamas (page images at HathiTrust)
• The national measurement system for time and frequency / ([Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1976), by A. S. Risley and United States. National Bureau of Standards. Special publication (page images at HathiTrust)
• Le mouvement, mesures de l'étendue et mesures du temps, (Paris, F. Alcan, 1911), by J. Andrade (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Time and frequency: theory and fundamentals. ([Washington] U.S. National Bureau of Standards; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1974), by Byron E. Blair (page images at HathiTrust)
• From sundials to atomic clocks : understanding time and frequency / ([Washington : National Bureau of Standards, U.S. Dept. of Commerce] : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1977), by James Jespersen, John Robb, and Jane Fitz-Randolph (page images at HathiTrust)
• A synchronous satellite time delay computer / (Washington : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1973), by Wallace F. Hamilton and D. Wayne Hanson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die mittelalterlichen Horen und die modernen Stunden : ein Beitrag zur Kulturgeschichte / (Stuttgart : W. Kohlhammer, 1892), by G. Bilfinger (page images at HathiTrust)
• Electronic time measurements, (New York : McGraw-Hill, 1949), ed. by Britton Chance (page images at HathiTrust)
• Aritmetica delle nazioni e divisione del tempo fra l'orientali. (Cesena, G. Biasini, 1786), by Lorenzo Hervás (page images at HathiTrust)
• Time measurement; an introduction to means and ways of reckoning physical and civil time, (London, G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1924), by Lyndon Bolton (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• An earth-based coordinate clock network / ([Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1975), by Neil Ashby and United States. National Bureau of Standards (page images at HathiTrust)
• A method for the accurate measurement of short-time intervals / (Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Standards : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1923), by Harvey Lincoln Curtis, Robert Caruthers Duncan, and United States. National Bureau of Standards. Scientific Papers (page images at HathiTrust)
• The vernier chronotron / (Richland, Wash. : Hanford Atomic Products Operation, 1957), by Harlan Wayne Lefevre, J. T. Russell, United States. Energy Research and Development Administration. TID., and U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. AEC research and development report (page images at HathiTrust)
• An improved vernier chronotron / (Richland, Wash. : U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1959), by J. T. Russell, United States. National Bureau of Standards. UC., United States. Department of Energy. Office of Fusion Energy. UC., United States. National Bureau of Standards. Fracture and Deformation Division. UC., U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. AEC research and development report, United States. Energy Research and Development Administration. TID., U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. TID., Hanford Works, and Hanford Atomic Products Operation. Physics and Instruments Research and Development Operation (page images at HathiTrust)
• The scent of time: a study of the use of fire and incense for time measurement in Oriental countries. (Philadelphia, American Philosophical Society, 1963), by Silvio A. Bedini (page images at HathiTrust)
• GOES satellite time code dissemination : description and operation / (Gaithersburg, MD : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards ; Washington, DC : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1988), by Roger E. Beehler, John B. Milton, and Dick Davis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Time and frequency: a bibliography of NBS literature published July 1955-December 1970 ([Washington] U.S. National Bureau of Standards; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1971), by Byron E. Blair (page images at HathiTrust)
• A method for reducing time jitter in the output of a single channel analyzer / ([Ames, Iowa] : Ames Laboratory at Iowa State College, 1956), by E. N. Jensen, G. Schupp, W. A. Rhinehart, B. J. Loupee, George W. Eakins, Ames Laboratory, and U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Time and frequency users' manual / (Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1979), by National Measurement Laboratory (U.S.). Time and Frequency Division, Sandra L. Howe, George Kamas, and United States. National Bureau of Standards. Special publication (page images at HathiTrust)
• NBS time and frequency dissemination services / ([Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards : For sale by Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., [1979]), by Sandra L. Howe and United States. National Bureau of Standards. Special publication (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tratado general y matemático de reloxería : que comprénde el módo de hacer reloxes de todas clases, y el de saberlos componer y arreglar por difíciles que séan : acompañado de los elemantos necesarios para élla, como son aritmética, geografía, física, maquinária, música y dibúxo : precisos para poseer á fondo el noble árte de la reloxería / (Madrid : En la Imprenta Real, 1789), by Manuel Zerella y Ycoaga and active 18th century Giraldo (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Geschichte der Zeitmessung und der Uhren, (Berlin Leipzig, Vereinigung Wissenschaftlicher Verleger, 1920-25), by Ernst von Bassermann-Jordan (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Time bases (scanning generators): their design and development, with notes on the cathode ray tube; (New York, John Wiley, 1951), by O. S. Puckle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Time synchronization of primary geodetic sites through use of artificial satellites /, by John C. Herring, Jack A. Cook, Darwin G. Abby, and Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Geschichte der Zeitmessung und der Uhren : (Berlin, Leipzig, Vereinigung Wissenschaftlicher Verleger, 1920-), by Ernst von Bassermann-Jordan (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die Geschichte der Zeitmessung und der Uhren / (Berlin, De Gruyter, 1920-), by Ernst von Bassermann-Jordan (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Time bases (scanning generators) : their design and development, with notes on the cathode ray tube / (New York : J. Wiley ; London : Chapman & Hall, [1946]), by O. S. Puckle (page images at HathiTrust)
• [Kifayetü'l-vakit li-marifeti'd-dair ve fazle ve's-semt ...etc., 1238, i.e. 1822]. ([1822]), by Muvakkit Mustafa bin Ali (page images at HathiTrust)
• [Kifayetü'l-vakit li-marifeti'd-dair ve fazle ve's-semt ve Teshilü'l-mikat fî ilmi'l-evkat, 1232, i.e. 1816 or 1817]. ([1816 or 1817]), by Muvakkit Mustafa bin Ali and fl. 1816 Hacı Hafız Ömer (page images at HathiTrust)
• [Vafiyetü'l-evkat ve Kifayetü'l-vakit li-marifeti'd-dair ve'l-fazle ve's-semt, 1211, i.e. 1796 or 1797 and 1204, i.e. 1790]. ([Istanbul?, 1796 or 1797 and 1790]), by Muvakkit Mustafa bin Ali and fl. 1796 Darzade Mehmet bin Abdürrahman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ruzname, [19th century]. ([Istanbul, ca. 1845-1868?]), by Darendeli and scribe Mehmet Zuhuri (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ruzname, [late 18th or early 19th century?]. ([Istanbul, ca. 1780-1850?]), by Darendeli (page images at HathiTrust)
• Beiträge zur Geschichte der Tagesbezeichnung im Mittelalter / (Innsbruck : Wagner, 1912), by Hermann Aicher (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Time Telling through the Ages, by Harry Chase Brearley (Gutenberg ebook)
• Horological dialogves in three parts shewing the nature, use, and right managing of clocks and watches : with an appendix containing Mr. Ovghtred's method for calculating of numbers : the whole being a work very necessary for all that make use of these kind of movements / by J. S. ... (London : Printed for Jonathan Edwin ..., 1675), by John Smith and William Oughtred (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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