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The Borrowed Days

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IN the Calendar of Nature Topics in NATURE of March 25, page 445, there is a note about this legend. No reference is made, however, to the change from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian, whereof the effect at the present time has been to cause April 10–13 new style to correspond with March 29–31 old style.

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MAXWEIX, H. The Borrowed Days. Nature 131, 515 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/131515c0

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