MD3PAD 190-192

[David Casseres]

Working men did in fact lose 11 days' wages, I think.  The modern
American counterpart of this event is the twice-yearly twitch between
Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time.  Most Americans are now used
to this, and snicker at the few who still complain about it.  But
rural people do find themselves sending their kids off to school in
the dark, among other real inconveniences, for reasons that go against
intuition.

On 3/20/06, Toby G Levy <tobylevy at juno.com> wrote:
>         Chapter 19 begins on page 190 with Mason in a pub named "The
> George" discussing Bradley. The President of the Royal Society
> Macclesfield is remembered by those present as being one of the group
> that spearheaded the adoption of the Gregorian calendar, resulting in
> eleven days being dropped in 1752. Mason remembers his own father being
> angry about the "loss" of the days.  Mason's scientific explanation
> falls on deaf ears.
>
>         In the pub Mr. Swivett and Mr. Hailstone complain about the loss
> of the eleven days. They say that it was done in order to appease
> scientists worldwide.
>
>         Mason, still stunned by his rebuff at the hands of Bradley's
> family, thinks back to conversations with Bradley about the loss of the
> eleven days.
>
> Toby
>