clocks and watches

Davy Jones the pirate is determined to take Jack Sparrow's watch, which can affect time itself.

Eleven-year-old Silver sets out to find the Timekeeper--a clock that controls time--and to protect it from falling into the hands of two people who want to use the device for their own nefarious ends.

Introduces the basics of clocks and how to tell time.

Unlike her best friend Justin, Amber Brown loves to measure time and hopes to receive a watch on her seventh birthday.

Calendars and clocks keep track of passing time as the Huskies prepare for and compete in the championship soccer game against the Falcons.

Describes the weight clock and the spring clock and how they work.

Explains how to tell time and discusses such aspects of time as day and night, days of the week, and months of the year. Includes a fold-out clock face for practice.

Looks at how early civilizations thought about and measured time, discusses attempts to make time visible, and examines the invention of the clock and its effects on the course of world history.

Explores the world before the invention of mechanical clocks; looks at the life of John Harrison, creator of the first accurate and portable mainspring clock; and discusses how the world has changed as a result of the invention.