Today I Found Out

Who Really Invented Daylight Saving Time (2015x161)

Data de estreia: Out 29, 2015

→Subscribe for new videos every day! https:/→“to the authors of the journal of Paris”, Franklin mentions something like daylight saving time. Although, instead of changing clocks, he suggested ringing church bells and firing cannons, among other things, as the sun rises to maximize the amount of time people would be awake during times when the sun is providing free light. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/05/ben-franklins-proposal-of-something-like-daylight-saving-time-was-written-as-a-joke/ Sources: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0199554900?ie=UTF8&tag=vicastingcom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0199554900 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time http://www.historynet.com/benjamin-franklin-americas-inventor.htm http://www.usnews.com/health/family-health/sleep/articles/2009/03/03/13-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-daylight-saving-time.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_time_in_the_United_States http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/k.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_Franklin_1767.jpg