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ALTERATIONS in so fundamental a matter as the regulation of time and of the calendar must always give trouble, and should not be adopted unless very great advantages would result from the change. Now it appears to the writer that no such advantage would be obtained by making the days of the week always correspond to those of the month; indeed, in the arrangements of life it is often found convenient that they should not correspond. As to the lengths of the quarters being now unequal, they could be rendered as equal as possible by the simple process of restoring the original regulation of Julius Cæsar, according to which February had 29 days in common years and 30 days in leap-years, and August had only 30 days. Very serious inconvenience would probably result from the ignoring of a day every year, particularly as this would have to be extended to two days in leap-year.
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L., W. [Letters to Editor]. Nature 85, 540 (1911). https://doi.org/10.1038/085540e0
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