The Missed Train That Gave the World Time Zones
Industrial Revolution

The Missed Train That Gave the World Time Zones

A railway clerk from Indiana spent 1884 convincing every nation on Earth to agree on something they'd fought about for centuries.

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19th CenturyIndustrial RevolutionTransportationNorth AmericaInternational RelationsTechnologyEngineeringTimekeepingRailwaysGlobal Standards

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