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1) Telling time
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Rock 'N Learn
Pub. Date
c2003
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In today's world, kids need to know how to tell time quickly and accurately by using both digital and traditional (analog) clocks. Now, it's a breeze with the help of Timothy Time and his friends. Teaches kids the parts of an analog clock; telling time to the hour, the half hour, the quarter hour; practice counting by fives; telling time to five minutes and the exact minute; digital clocks and stopwatches; calendars, days of the week, months of the...
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The Bone Witch meets Sherlock Holmes in this thrilling historical fantasy about a girl with the ability to raise the dead who must delve into her city's dangerous magical underworld to stop a series of murders.
Catherine Daly has an unusual talent. By day she works for a printer. But by night, she awakens the dead for a few precious moments with loved ones seeking a final goodbye. But this magic comes with a price: for every hour that a ghost is...
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"A captivating, surprising history of timekeeping and how it has shaped our world. For thousands of years, people of all cultures have made and used clocks, from the city sundials of ancient Rome to the medieval water clocks of imperial China, hourglasses fomenting revolution in the Middle Ages, the Stock Exchange clock of Amsterdam in 1611, Enlightenment observatories in India, and the high-precision clocks circling the Earth on a fleet of GPS satellites...
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Child's World
Pub. Date
[2018]
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Introduces readers to the basic features of calendars and clocks, such as dates and numerals. Readers will learn how to use these features to track time and keep organized. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, labeled diagrams, a quiz and answer key, a phonetic glossary, an index, sources for further research, and an introduction to the author.
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Are you interested in flipping watches? In this guide, I will teach you how to flip watches for profit and build a business. I will cover where to find good deals online, how to add value to a watch for resale, and how to sell them for the best price.
Can you make part-time income flipping watches? Definitely, if you are prepared to put in time researching models, learning watchmaking and general repair skills. We also include a bonus section...
11) A home for Bird
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Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2012
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Vernon the toad takes the silent Bird on a journey in hopes of finding Bird's home.
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This antiquarian volume contains a treatise on the design and workings of usual and unusual clocks, described in a non-technical manner, suitable for either novice or expert. Containing a wealth of fascinating and practical information on the machinations of a variety of clocks, as well as being profusely illustrated and easy-to-digest, this volume will be of considerable value to those with an interest in the intricacies of clocks, and it makes for...
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QUEEN AND COUNTRY ABOVE ALL
Alex, the fiery-tempered daughter of a powerful General, was raised in the idyllic countryside surrounded by automatons in the Victorian steam age. Her choices up until now were dictated by her manipulative father and Alex had resigned herself to the life of a dutiful wife.
Until she meets a man living two lives.
Alex's world shattered when she discovered her family's involvement in thousands of deaths under the tyrannical...
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Get the Summary of Rebecca Struthers's Hands of Time in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Rebecca Struthers' "Hands of Time" is a profound exploration of time perception, interwoven with her personal journey as a watchmaker. From her childhood curiosity in nature to her adult life in Staffordshire, Struthers has been attuned to the natural world's influence on human timekeeping. She delves into the history of ancient...
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This antiquarian book comprises a comprehensive and practical handbook on modern watches, with information on the history and development of watches, on cleaning them, repairing them, and much more. Written in clear, concise language and containing a plethora of useful diagrams and photographs, this text will be of considerable value to anyone with a keen interest in watches, and would make for a great addition to collections of watch and clock-related...
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PREFACE.. IN this volume the aim of the Author, who has I himself served an apprenticeship to the trade of Watchmaking, and worked at the watchmakers bench for the best years of his life, is to give in plain language practical directions for carrying out the various operations involved in Repairing and Cleaning Watches. He has attempted to cover the whole ground of Watch Repairing, from the simplest operations to the most complex and difficult and...
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The magnificent artistry and craftmanship of eighteenth and nineteenth century clockmakers in the South has been recorded in this lavishly illustrated volume.
“Entitled Dixie Clockmakers”, the 192-page volume traces the development of clockmaking and horological history below the Mason-Dixon line and documents the works of those artisans who designed and constructed some of the world's finest timepieces.
Author James W. Gibbs focuses primarily...
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