{"product_id":"9781471170645-time-tamed","title":"Time Tamed","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe story of mankind's struggle to measure time - and the stunning timepieces that have changed the way we do so.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Downright fascinating.indispensable reading' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Nicholas Foulkes' excellent.book is beautifully illustrated. Captivating' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor more than 25,000 years, humanity has sought to understand and measure the passing of time, in the process creating some of the most remarkable and beautiful timepieces. Now, in Nicholas Foulkes' lavishly illustrated book, the battle to tame time is brought vividly to life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From the baboon bone dating back to the palaeolithic era that marked the \u003cb\u003elunar cycle\u003c\/b\u003e and on to the 3500-year-old water clock at Karnak, from our earliest days mankind has sought to track the passing of time. More recently, the struggles to measure \u003cb\u003elongitude\u003c\/b\u003e and to create a workable train timetable across the vast, open expanse of the United States have inspired new developments. In \u003ci\u003eTime Tamed\u003c\/i\u003e, Nicholas Foulkes reveals how we have done this by focusing on some of the \u003cb\u003emost significant developments in timekeeping\u003c\/b\u003e across the ages. He also highlights the most stunning and lavish clocks and watches in history - from \u003cb\u003eBig Ben to Rolex\u003c\/b\u003e - for telling the time has never been purely about function, but also about design. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The book is filled with remarkable tales, from the 14th century monk in St Albans who created one of the first mechanical clocks to the Holy Roman Emperor who built a clock into an automated ship that fired a cannon to summon guests to dinner. More recently, there was the Surrey woman who used a \u003cb\u003eNapoleonic era watch\u003c\/b\u003e to 'deliver' the accurate time to London shopkeepers in the \u003cb\u003ewartime era of Churchill\u003c\/b\u003e, or the Swiss denture maker who solved a tricky problem for the Indian Raj's polo players. \u003ci\u003eTime Tamed\u003c\/i\u003e is a book you'll want to spend many hours enjoying.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57535817482614,"sku":"9781471170645","price":24.02,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_31794110.jpg?v=1774283324","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781471170645-time-tamed","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}