On Time

On Time

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When did clocks and watches intertwine with our sense of time? When did they come to play central roles in our lives? How did they become the most fundamental instruments we use to connect ourselves, for better or worse, to one another? To explore these questions, On Time surveyed the changing ways Americans have measured, used, and thought about time over the past three hundred years.

Explore the changing ways Americans have measured, used, and thought about time during the past 300 years.

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