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The Official U.S. Time

As well as helping you keep your chronometers in tune with the rest of the country, there are displays that detail such varied topics as "The History of Timekeeping", "Calendars", illustrated displays of how clocks both old and new are constructed and a visual representation of daylight and dark around the world.

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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.

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