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THE exigencies of the war had seriously impeded the work of the Physical Society, as of all our scientific institutions. Many members were at the front; many others were busy on war work, and there was little time available tor normal scientific pursuits. Since his predecessor's address, the scientific community had been stirred to an extent which he thought was unnecessary by the passing of the Daylight Saving Act. Scientifically the thing was a sham, and as such, was naturally distasteful to us; but the community at large was not scientific, and had a very vague notion of the meaning of time. In the stress of war people had realised the desirability of starting the day earlier to save, not daylight, but paraffin and gas, and the simple operation of putting all the clocks wrong, though hateful in principle, did not disturb the public at all.
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Physical Science and the Art of Experiment. Nature 100, 477–478 (1918). https://doi.org/10.1038/100477a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/100477a0