William Peirce Randel

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William Peirce Rondel’s account of the General Slocum disaster appeared in the October/November 1979 issue.

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They Didn’t Know What Time It Was, October/November 1983 | Vol. 34, No. 6
On November 18, 1883, the nation finally settled on the method of synchronizing all clocks that we call standard time. Why did it take so long to figure that one out? Read >>

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