Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Commerce
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Uniform Time Legislation, Hearing, 89-1, April 26, 1965
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Commerce
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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Uniform Time Legislation
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce
Publisher:
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Category : Daylight saving
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Committee Serial No. 13. Considers S. 1033 and S. 1195, to establish a uniform system of time standards and measurement for the U.S. and to require the observance of such time standards for all purposes; and S. 1394, to establish daylight saving time uniformly throughout the U.S. during the months of June, July, and August of each year.
Publisher:
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Category : Daylight saving
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Committee Serial No. 13. Considers S. 1033 and S. 1195, to establish a uniform system of time standards and measurement for the U.S. and to require the observance of such time standards for all purposes; and S. 1394, to establish daylight saving time uniformly throughout the U.S. during the months of June, July, and August of each year.
Uniform Time Legislation, Hearings ..., 88-1 ..., April 29, 30, 1963
Author: United States. ongress. Senate. Commerce
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Spring Forward
Author: Michael Downing
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1582434956
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Michael Downing is obsessed with Daylight Saving, the loopy idea that became the most persistent political controversy in American history. Almost one hundred years after Congressmen and lawmakers in every state first debated, ridiculed, and then passionately embraced the possibility of saving an hour of daylight, no one can say for sure why we are required by law to change our clocks twice a year. Who first proposed the scheme? The most authoritative sources agree it was a Pittsburgh industrialist, Woodrow Wilson, a man on a horse in London, a Manhattan socialite, Benjamin Franklin, one of the Caesars, or the anonymous makers of ancient Chinese and Japanese water clocks. Spring Forward is a portrait of public policy in the 20th century, a perennially boiling cauldron of unsubstantiated science, profiteering masked as piety, and mysteriously shifting time–zone boundaries. It is a true–to–life social comedy with Congress in the leading role, surrounded by a supporting cast of opportunistic ministers, movie moguls, stockbrokers, labor leaders, sports fanatics, and railroad execs.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1582434956
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Michael Downing is obsessed with Daylight Saving, the loopy idea that became the most persistent political controversy in American history. Almost one hundred years after Congressmen and lawmakers in every state first debated, ridiculed, and then passionately embraced the possibility of saving an hour of daylight, no one can say for sure why we are required by law to change our clocks twice a year. Who first proposed the scheme? The most authoritative sources agree it was a Pittsburgh industrialist, Woodrow Wilson, a man on a horse in London, a Manhattan socialite, Benjamin Franklin, one of the Caesars, or the anonymous makers of ancient Chinese and Japanese water clocks. Spring Forward is a portrait of public policy in the 20th century, a perennially boiling cauldron of unsubstantiated science, profiteering masked as piety, and mysteriously shifting time–zone boundaries. It is a true–to–life social comedy with Congress in the leading role, surrounded by a supporting cast of opportunistic ministers, movie moguls, stockbrokers, labor leaders, sports fanatics, and railroad execs.
The Daylight Saving Time Study: Final report on the operation and effects of daylight saving time
Author: United States. Department of Transportation
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Category : Daylight saving
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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Publisher:
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Category : Daylight saving
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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Uniform Time Legislation
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce
Publisher:
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Category : Daylight saving
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Committee Serial No. 89-14. Considers S. 1404, to establish uniform dates for commencing and ending daylight saving time.
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Category : Daylight saving
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Committee Serial No. 89-14. Considers S. 1404, to establish uniform dates for commencing and ending daylight saving time.
Seize the Daylight
Author: David Prerau
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 078673695X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Benjamin Franklin conceived of it. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle endorsed it. Winston Churchill campaigned for it. Kaiser Wilhelm first employed it. Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt went to war with it, and more recently the United States fought an energy crisis with it. For several months every year, for better or worse, daylight savings time affects vast numbers of people throughout the world. And from Ben Franklin's era to today, its story has been an intriguing and sometimes-bizarre amalgam of colorful personalities and serious technical issues, purported costs and perceived benefits, conflicts between interest groups and government policymakers. It impacts diverse and unexpected areas, including agricultural practices, street crime, the reporting of sports scores, traffic accidents, the inheritance rights of twins, and voter turnout. Illustrated with a popular look at science and history, Seize the Daylight presents an intriguing and surprisingly entertaining story of our attempt to regulate the sunlight hours.
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 078673695X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Benjamin Franklin conceived of it. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle endorsed it. Winston Churchill campaigned for it. Kaiser Wilhelm first employed it. Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt went to war with it, and more recently the United States fought an energy crisis with it. For several months every year, for better or worse, daylight savings time affects vast numbers of people throughout the world. And from Ben Franklin's era to today, its story has been an intriguing and sometimes-bizarre amalgam of colorful personalities and serious technical issues, purported costs and perceived benefits, conflicts between interest groups and government policymakers. It impacts diverse and unexpected areas, including agricultural practices, street crime, the reporting of sports scores, traffic accidents, the inheritance rights of twins, and voter turnout. Illustrated with a popular look at science and history, Seize the Daylight presents an intriguing and surprisingly entertaining story of our attempt to regulate the sunlight hours.
The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
Author: George R. Wood
Publisher: Bureau of National Affairs (BNA)
ISBN: 9781682673423
Category : Veterans
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher: Bureau of National Affairs (BNA)
ISBN: 9781682673423
Category : Veterans
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1570
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1570
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Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1714
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1714
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