Some of Franklin's friends, inventors of a new kind of oil lamp, were so taken by the scheme that they continued corresponding with Franklin even after he returned to America.
Daylight Saving Time (DST) ended at exactly 2:00 am on 1 November 2015.
01 November 2015
Falling back
The Regimental Quartermaster provides this piece of early American history:
The idea of daylight saving was first conceived by Benjamin Franklin during his sojourn as an American delegate in Paris in 1784. In an essay, An Economical Project, he proposed that France look into some type of Daylight Savings Time in order to save on the cost of lamp oil.
Some of Franklin's friends, inventors of a new kind of oil lamp, were so taken by the scheme that they continued corresponding with Franklin even after he returned to America.
Daylight Saving Time (DST) ended at exactly 2:00 am on 1 November 2015.
Some of Franklin's friends, inventors of a new kind of oil lamp, were so taken by the scheme that they continued corresponding with Franklin even after he returned to America.
Daylight Saving Time (DST) ended at exactly 2:00 am on 1 November 2015.
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