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ONE of the points made at the Washington Congress was that if Universal Time (surely Earth-Time or Prime Meridian Time woujd be a better term) were generally accepted, astronomical time might be abolished, astronomers accepting the new day of twenty-four hours commencing at midnight.
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The Question of Civil and Astronomical Time . Nature 32, 245–247 (1885). https://doi.org/10.1038/032245e0
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