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| NPR : 'Seize the Daylight': A History of Clock Chaos Benjamin Franklin first called for the government to tinker with clock hours in the 1780s. But it wasn't until World War I that the United States adopted daylight-saving time as a way to get more efficiency out of the day. "Seize the Daylight" Author David Prerau talks about the complicated politics and curious history of DST, and he shares an excerpt from his book. [4:54 streaming audio broadcast] - Read more http://www.npr.org |
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| A Brief History of Time Early origins and historical perspectives of time measurement. - Read more http://www.perseus.tufts.edu |
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| Infoplease: Daylight Saving Time Information and history about Daylight Saving Time all over the world. - Read more http://www.infoplease.com |
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| This Day In History Today in history every day - often with pictures and sound. - Read more http://www.history.com |
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| Wikipedia: Time Time is a common term for the experience of duration, and a fundamental quantity of measuring systems. Article explains time definitions, history of measurements, perceptions in religion, philosophy and science. - Read more http://en.wikipedia.org |
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| Calendar Zone A categorized collection of calendar related sites. - Read more http://www.calendarzone.com |
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| A History of Time Explains the importance of concept of time in the history of mathematics, science and measurement. - Read more http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk |
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| International Standard Date and Time Notation An overview of the ISO 8601 notation for dates. - Read more http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk |
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| Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Time Time has been studied for thousands of years. Nevertheless, many issues remain to be resolved. This article explores both what is now known about time and what is controversial and unresolved. - Read more http://www.iep.utm.edu |
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| NIST Time and Frequency Division The National Institute of Standards and Technology maintains time and frequency standards for the United States. - Read more http://tf.nist.gov |
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| Time Provides descriptions of several standards of time. - Read more http://scienceworld.wolfram.com |
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| Time FAQ Frequently Asked Questions about time (from sci.astro news group) - Read more http://www.faqs.org |
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| United States Code Weights, measures and standard time. - Read more http://tycho.usno.navy.mil |
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| U.S. Time Zones History of standard time in the U.S. - Read more http://aa.usno.navy.mil |
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| A Walk Through Time Evolution of timekeeping through the centuries. - Read more http://physics.nist.gov |
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| English Calendar Includes an ecclesiastical calendar and a section on old and new style dating. - Read more http://www.albion.edu |
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| Calendar Studies Information about calendar history and calendar reform. - Read more http://www.hermetic.ch |
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| Z-Time Article on the time at 0 degrees longitude. Covers the timezone origin, GMT, UTC, GCT, ZULU and JIG. - Read more http://www.maybeck.com |
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| A Few Facts Concerning GMT, UT, and the RGO Explains the differences between several time systems. - Read more http://www.apparent-wind.com |
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| Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data A directory of sites providing descriptions of civil timekeeping concepts, source code, databases, and maps. - Read more http://www.twinsun.com |
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