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THE article in this week's NATURE on “Daylight and Darkness” leaves little to be said with regard to the so-called Daylight Saving Bill. Its adoption would indeed render us “the laughing-stock of the enlightened people of the world.” No object, however good in itself, can be attained by a deceitful and underhand process, which must lead to many inconsistencies and misunderstandings. There is no reason why 12 o'clock should be the exact time of noon; in point of fact, it seldom is, as clocks must be regulated to keep mean time. But there is a very good reason, and it is of great importance, that the interval between two consecutive hours by the clock should be always exactly one hour. To regulate it otherwise would be deceitful and confusing.
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LYNN, W. The Reform of the Calendar. Nature 86, 381 (1911). https://doi.org/10.1038/086381b0
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