A Diagram Exhibiting the difference of time between the places shown & Washington
A time atlas, illustrating the time and mileage distances between Washington and numerous other world locations. Conceptualizng space and time in a way that was meaningful to an increasingly mobile population became an increasingly important task during the 19th Century.
A Diagram Exhibiting the difference of time between the places shown & Washington
Source: Johnson's New illustrated (steel plate) family atlas : with physical geography and with descriptions geographical, statistical, and historical. . . (New York: Johnson and Ward, 1864)
Author: A. J. Johnson
Published: New York
Note: Please see the May 20, 2008 entry on the Making of Modern America Blog for more on the problem of time and the railroad.