And although its tone and premise seem straightforward, by the end of the article the point of view becomes clear: at each stage in the evolution of timekeeping we have taken another step away from the sun as a measure of time, toward "a more uniform, accessible, or convenient standard." The next step might be simply moving to atomic time, "a disassociation of
civil time from solar time altogether....
To first order, all you need do is rotate the turret until the two areas are matched, note the
civil time, then attach the indicator such that it reads that time.
To convert Universal Time to your
civil time and date, see page 75.
(To convert these to your
civil time and date, see page 80.)
The ceremony's tone, attendance and substance recalled better and more
civil times in New Hampshire and in American politics.
The table below the diagram gives
civil times of events in North American time zones.