COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Johnson, Alvin Jewett, 1827-1884.
Date:
1880
Short Title:
A diagram exhibiting the difference of time between the places shown & Washington
Publisher:
A.J. Johnson & Son.
Publisher Location:
New York
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
34
Obj Width cm:
34
Scale 1:
None shown
Note:
Diagram of the world's time zones, consists of numerous clocks, each representing a major world city. At the center is clock representing the time in Washington, D.C, set at 12 and the remaining clocks are adjusted accordingly.
World Area:
World
Subject:
Timezones
Full Title:
A diagram exhibiting the difference of time between the places shown & Washington. Ex. the figures on the Dials denote the Air-line distances from Washington. (to accompany) Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas Of The World ... MDCCCLXXX (1880).
List No:
4830.054
Page No:
2
Series No:
54
Publication Author:
Johnson, Alvin Jewett, 1827-1884.
Pub Date:
1880
Pub Title:
Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas Of The World, Was Awarded The First Prize Medal At The Universal Expositions In Paris, 1867 And 1878. With A Treatise On Physical Geography, By Prof. A. Guyot, LL.D., With Descriptions, Geographical, Statistical, And Historical ... A Dictionary Of Religious Denominations, Sects, Parties, And Associations, Compiled By Professor Roswell D. Hitchcock, D.D., LL.D. ... New York: Alvin J. Johnson & Son, Publishers, 11 Great Jones Street (Near Broadway). MDCCCLXXX (1880). Entered ... One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy, by A.J. Johnson ... New York.
Pub Note:
Geographical, statistical, and historical atlas. With full color maps; description of treatise on physical geography by Arnold Guyot, LL. D.; The United States statistics were compiled from the Official Census of 1870, by John F. Cleveland, Esq; The foreign statistics by Prof. A.J. Schem. Also includes a dictionary of religious denominations, compiled by Professor Roswell D. Hitchcock, D.D. and indexes. Bound in half leather embossed dark green cloth covered boards stamped with "Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas Of The World With A Treatise On Physical Geography By Professor A. Guyot." in gilt; the same title is blind stamped on the back cover. The spine reads "Johnson's Family Atlas". Includes 121 pages of single and double sheet full color engraved maps and charts, dated 1862-1880. Compiled from the government coast and inland surveys and explorations, and the foreign maps from the latest and best European atlases.
Pub List No:
4830.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
63
Pub Height cm:
48
Pub Width cm:
38
Image No:
4830054.jp2
Authors:
Johnson, Alvin Jewett, 1827-1884.
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A diagram exhibiting the difference of time between the places shown & Washington
