Time Telling Through the Ages
Harry Chase Brearley
Play
Length 6 h 23 min
Chapters 19
First published 1919
A history of timekeeping from the stone age through to American mass production, covering timepieces from the sundial and water clock through the key inventions driving advances in the accuracy of clocks and watches in both Europe and America. The book was conceived and sponsored by the Ingersoll Family as a celebration of their then 25 years of watchmaking. - Summary by Chris Cartwright
Chapters
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Chapter i, The Man Animal and Nature's Timepieces Read by Claudia Salto 17:51
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Chapter ii, The Land Between the Rivers Read by Linda Johnson 26:39
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Chapter iii, How Man Began to Model After Nature Read by Linda Johnson 23:16
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Chapter iv, Telling Time by the "Water Thief" Read by Linda Johnson 16:17
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Chapter v, How Father Time Got his Hour Glass Read by Linda Johnson 12:21
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Chapter vi, The Clocks Which Named Themselves Read by tommack 19:24
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Chapter vii, The Modern Clock and Its Creators Read by realisticspeakers 30:25
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Chapter viii, The Watch That Was Hatched From The Nuremburg Egg Read by James K. White 19:16
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Chapter ix, How a Mechanical Toy Became a Scientific Time Piece Read by tommack 20:04
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Chapter x, The "Worshipful Company" and English Watchmaking Read by garybclayton 19:33
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Chapter xi, What Happened in France and Switzerland Read by Kristine Bekere 26:57
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Chapter xii, How an American Industry Came on Horseback Read by Kristine Bekere 22:13
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Chapter xiii, America Learns to Make Watches Read by Linda Johnson 25:55
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Chapter xiv, Checkered History Read by Linda Johnson 13:33
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Chapter xv, "The Watch That Wound Forever" Read by Linda Johnson 20:34
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Chapter xvi, "The Watch That Made The Dollar Famous" Read by Linda Johnson 16:19
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Chapter xvii, Putting Fifty Million Watches Into Service Read by realisticspeakers 20:30
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Chapter xviii, The End of the Journey Read by realisticspeakers 21:04
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Appendix A, How it Works Read by Kristine Bekere 11:15
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