| Show S standard edard time adopted in this country in in 1883 in ID 1797 clocks were such a luxury that the english parliament levied a lax a x 0 of five ve shillings a year on each one of 0 them following the coming of 0 the railroads charles dowd of 0 new york in 1870 IS 60 Is credited with first suggesting un an international time standard and lo in issa a plan to adopt standard time in the united states was inaugurated effective a at t noon november 18 sa notes a writer in ID the los angeles il almes mes the united states and canada had to map the worlds time by a erles cries ot of merld meridians lans to be calculated in multiples of 15 degrees east and west f greenwich a boro borough tigh of london in velch Is the roal observatory from ne as meridian of which longitude ion etude Is alg flored fifteen degrees Is equivalent to ne me of the 24 hours required tor for one of the earth in brief when it Is 12 noon at greenwich reen it la is 11 a in 15 degrees vest of greenwich and I 1 p in 15 derees east time zones in this country have hare been ir ranged ranger about midway between merl lans lane in order that the difference be een standard time and actual local line will not exceed SO 30 minutes the lines that divide standard time into four zones in the united states are somewhat irregular this la Is for the reason that certain places find it more convenient to adopt the standard time of a zone which a straight line include them in |
