FYI. Bartky also wrote Selling the True Time: Nineteenth-Century Timekeeping in America (Stanford Univ. Press, Stanford, CA, 2000) and died last December. Obit here: <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/23/AR2007122302355.html>
Bartky, Ian R. One time fits all : the campaigns for global uniformity / Ian R. Bartky. Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, 2007. xxv, 292 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. [Includes bibliographical references and index.] ISBN: 0-8047-5642-2 (Cloth/HB 49.95 USD) LC Class: QB223 Dewey: 389/.17 22 LC Subject Headings: Time--Systems and standards. "One Time Fits All" provides the first full framework for understanding attributes of civil time, which is used throughout the world today. It focuses on three components of uniform time all linked to the prime meridian at Greenwich - the International Date Line, the worldwide system of Standard Time zones, and Daylight Saving Time (Summer Time) - tracing the story of their beginnings and eventual acceptance from original sources in Europe, Great Britain, Canada, and the United States. The book concludes with an examination of the recent changes in America's Daylight Saving Time that took effect in 2007. =============================================================================== Richard B. Langley E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geodetic Research Laboratory Web: http://www.unb.ca/GGE/ Dept. of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Phone: +1 506 453-5142 University of New Brunswick Fax: +1 506 453-4943 Fredericton, N.B., Canada E3B 5A3 Fredericton? Where's that? See: http://www.city.fredericton.nb.ca/ =============================================================================== _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
