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MAY I make a few observations with regard to Prof. Milne's article in NATURE of April 6 on Daylight Saving? Leaving aside the inquiry as to whether the clerks of Cornwall are happier than those of Kent, to which I am not able to give an answer (though it is possible that, as these counties differ in other respects than that considered, a mere yes or no might have little value as evidence), one may direct attention to the next argument as to workers who have to commence their work at 6 in the morning. The graphic account which Prof. Milne gives as to the hardships which these workers would have to suffer under the proposed scheme, would be heart-rending, had he not thoughtfully supplied the remedy in his last paragraph. Why should they not start work an hour later in summer? later, that is, according to the new setting of the clocks? This is a “simple solution” on Prof. Milne's own showing.
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SOUTHERNS, L. Daylight Saving?. Nature 86, 278 (1911). https://doi.org/10.1038/086278a0
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