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WHATEVER may be thought of Mr. Willett's so-called daylight-saving scheme, it is impossible not to admire the persistence with which he pursues the idea, and secures support for it from city corporations, town councils, chambers of commerce, members of Parliament, and other people, who are attracted by the advantages offered, and do not realise how unscientific the scheme is, or the gravity of the objections to the adoption of a variable standard of time-reckoning. We do not believe for an instant that the Government is likely to give facilities for legislation on the lines of the Summer Season Time Bill, however sanguine the promoters of the Bill may be As, however, a meeting at which the Lord Mayor presided, and the Home Secretary spoke, was held at the Guildhall on May 3, it is worth while to consider again some aspects of the proposals usually overlooked.
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Daylight and Darkness . Nature 86, 349–351 (1911). https://doi.org/10.1038/086349e0
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