Spacing Time: The Time Ball at Doane College

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Spacing Time: The Time Ball at Doane College

Nebraska History 80 (1990)

History Nebraska - Library

Title: Spacing Time: The Time Ball at Doane College

Author: Jeffries, Janet L.

Publisher: Nebraska State Historical Society

Contributing Institution: History Nebraska, https://history.nebraska.gov/

Date: 1999

Description: The daily time ball descent at Doane College made it possible to synchronize local clocks to nationwide Standard Time. This was a sophisticated form of timekeeping in the nineteenth century.

Language: eng

Subject (Topics) : Timekeeping

Source (Names): Doane College

Source (Places): Crete (Neb.)

Source (Places): Saline County (Neb.)

Format-Extent: 4 pages

Format-Medium: magazines (periodicals)

Format-Medium: articles

Note: Full Citation: Janet L Jeffries, “Spacing Time: The Time Ball at Doane College,” Nebraska History 80 (1999): 105-108

Relation: Copy

Type: Text

Date Digital : 2018-03-18

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