If you're out and about in #NewYork today, come cool off in the #TimeLibrary with air conditioning and bottles of chilled water. While you're at it you can browse our books about #clocks and #watches and see some cool #antiques!
Also I hear the librarians are a delight.
Today from the #TimeLibrary: this gorgeous #Hamilton #radium watch, c 1950, with wicked #radiation burns on the dial. Up until the 50s #watches were painted with #radioactive paint so you could read them in the dark. Many of the women who painted the dials got sick and died.
Today from the #TimeLibrary: When is a book not a book? I've written about all the weird things that are kind-of books. Maybe books? Sort-of books.
Today from the #TimeLibrary: my blog post about #smartwatches and #horology. How does your smartwatch know the time, anyway?
Today from the #TimeLibrary: #Swatch was absolutely killing it in 1993. They made a pager watch. And a whole-arse mobile phone! Amazing.
Today from the #TimeLibrary: "a neglectful husband pursued by the spirit of his wife in the guise of a grandfather clock". What in the name of sanity...
Today from the #TimeLibrary my article about a quirky #DecimalTime system from the mid-20th century United States.
But first, how did we wind up with 24 hours in a day anyway? Why are there 60 minutes in an hour? Wouldn't 100 make more sense? Maybe, find out more...
Today in the #TimeLibrary: students' kinetic installations about time and perception! I love my job.
