In 1784, while serving as the American envoy to France, Benjamin Franklin published a satirical essay titled "An Economical Project" .
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: Franklin woke up at 6 a.m. to find his room filled with light. He was shocked that the sun rose so early while Parisians were still asleep. In 1784, while serving as the American envoy
: He calculated that if Parisians woke up with the sun, they would save millions of pounds of candle wax. daylight