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Title The Official U.S. time [electronic resource].

Imprint [Boulder, Colo. : National Institute of Standards and Technology, Physics Laboratory, Time and Frequency Division ; Washington, D.C. : U.S. Naval Observatory, 2000]-

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Federal Documents Online  C 13.79:00013560    ---  Available
Note Title from title screen.
Description and contents list as of 11/15/2000.
Contents Walk through time : history of timekeeping from ancient to modern times -- Calendars through the ages : system of counting the days, months, and years -- Daylight saving time -- ClockWorks -- It's about time : advances in timekeeping accuracy and atomic clocks -- Quartz watch.
Summary A "clickable" time zone map of the United States takes the user to another screen that shows the correct time for states in that time zone. The "time exhibits" link takes the user to government and non-government sites showing various ways time has been measured over the centuries.
System Details Mode of access: Internet from the NIST web site.
Subject Time -- Systems and standards.
Calendars.
Clocks and watches.
Atomic clocks.
Electronic information resources.
Added Author Physics Laboratory (U.S.). Time and Frequency Division.
United States Naval Observatory.
Added Title Official United States time
Gpo Item No. 0247-L (online)
Sudoc No. C 13.79:00013560

 
    
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