Horning probably got ahold of one of Franklin's spoof articles, written while he was in France. I understand that he wrote at least one such piece and through an odd series of other personages, the concept of Daylight Saving Time was born. Now, where did I read that....
Jim Barbara and/or Bill Hooper wrote: > > Ref. to article by > > ANDY HORNING > > > > Ben Franklin had right idea about time > > There are so many holes in the logic of this article that I'm not going to > waste my time or yours by trying to enumerate them. But the implication that > there are only 23 hours in a day during winter is ... > > No! > I said I wasn't going to waste time enumerating them. > > Regards, Bill Hooper > college physics teacher (retired), USA (Florida) > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > Do It Easy, Do It Metric! > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ -- Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!" James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ 10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789
